Category Archives: Lusi

Man-made mud volcano starting to look like a real volcano

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Chris Rowan

Was big muddy pool with a steaming vent in the middle. Now big muddy pool with steaming hill in the middle.
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Categories: geohazards, Lusi

Lusi: before and now

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Chris Rowan

Images from an extreme landscape makeover.
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Categories: geohazards, Lusi

AAPG Day 2: showdown at the Lusi corral

Posted on October 30, 2008 by Chris Rowan

Was the mud volcano drilling or earthquake-triggered? The AAPG decides…
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Categories: academic life, conferences, earthquakes, geohazards, Lusi, public science, volcanoes

To Cape Town!

Posted on October 24, 2008 by Chris Rowan

Right, I’m off to Cape Town for an action-packed few days. First, Christie has persuaded me to give a talk at her home University, hopefully followed by a beer or seven – after being beaten over the head with paleomagnetic … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, bloggery, Lusi

Lusi sinking into its own caldera

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Chris Rowan

Study highlights subsidence of the Indonesian mud volcano, and also bolsters case for a human cause.
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Categories: geohazards, Lusi, paper reviews

Lusi in Time

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Chris Rowan

The latest from Lusi I’ve just come across an excellent article in Time about Lusi, the mud volcano currently engulfing eastern Java. Entitled ‘A Wound In the Earth’, it’s a good summary of the human impacts, the attempts to contain … Continue reading →

Categories: geohazards, Lusi

Lusi update

Posted on November 28, 2007 by Chris Rowan

The latest from Lusi It’s been some time since I last checked in on Lusi, the mad-made mud volcano, but this account of conditions on the ground in the Christian Science Monitor prompted me to check out the latest satellite … Continue reading →

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Kelud and Lusi

Posted on October 23, 2007 by Chris Rowan

The latest from Lusi It seems that a certain mud volcano is situated less than a 100 km away from the grumbling Mount Kelud, and it is not responding well to the increased geological activity in the area: Separately, a … Continue reading →

Categories: geohazards, geology, Lusi, volcanoes

Lusi: not man-made after all?

Posted on August 2, 2007 by Chris Rowan

Was the mud volcano triggered by an earthquake rather than poor drilling practice?
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Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, geology, Lusi, paper reviews

Lusi: two methods of holding back the mud

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Chris Rowan

The latest from Lusi The new, government approved method: Under the new scheme proposed by Japanese scientists, double-walled cofferdams will be built to fence in the mud so it serves as a counterweight to the mudflow… So that’s what “inverted … Continue reading →

Categories: geohazards, geology, Lusi