Geologists blame gas drilling for Indonesia mud disaster
Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 14:42
in Earth & Climate
A meeting of leading geologists has concluded that an Indonesian mud volcano which erupted in May 2006, triggering a social and environmental disaster, was caused by nearby drilling for gas, a British university said on Thursday.
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