Drilling caused Indonesian mud volcano
Monday, June 9, 2008 - 20:42
in Earth & Climate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Drilling of a gas exploration well, and not an earthquake, set off a volcano that has been spewing boiling mud for two years and has displaced more than 50,000 people on the Indonesian island of Java, experts said on Monday.
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