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Nature 445, 812-815 (22 February 2007) | doi:10.1038/445812a; Published online 21 February 2007
Indonesian eruption: Muddy waters
David Cyranoski1
- David Cyranoski is Nature's Asia-Pacific correspondent.
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Abstract
How did a mud volcano come to destroy an Indonesian town? David Cyranoski reports from Sidoarjo.
It started on 29 May 2006: a small spurt of mud in the middle of a rice paddy. Now the cauldron of hot, bubbling mud is some 50 metres in diameter and rises 16 metres above that long, submerged paddy.
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