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Niland Geyser (nicknamed the "Slow One" [2] and formally designated W9) [3] is a moving mud pot or mud spring outside Niland, California in the Salton Trough in an area of geological instability due to the San Andreas Fault, [4] formed due to carbon dioxide being released underground. It is the only mud pot or mud volcano known to have moved so ...
The Salton Buttes lie on the southeastern shores of the Salton Sea, with their peaks at an elevation of −40 m (−130 ft), [1] in Imperial County, California. [2] [3] The towns of Niland and Calipatria lie northeast and southeast of the Salton Buttes, respectively, [4] and Palm Springs is 140 kilometers (90 mi) northwest. [5]
Although mudpots are often called "mud volcanoes", true mud volcanoes are very different in nature. The mud of a mudpot is generally of white to greyish color, but is sometimes stained with reddish or pink spots from iron compounds. When the slurry is particularly colorful, the feature may be referred to as a paint pot. [2]
In 1934 a storm over the Southern California mountains unleashed runoff so intense that 30 people were killed, more than 480 homes were destroyed and a nearly 60-ton (54-metric ton) boulder was ...
Mud Spring, formerly called Aquaje Lodoso (muddy watering place), is a spring and historic site in the western Antelope Valley, within northern Los Angeles County, southern California. It is located the western Mojave Desert at an elevation of 2,871 feet (875 m), north of Lake Hughes and east of the Tehachapi Mountains .
The California Highway Patrol had no estimates on when the road might reopen. Sea of mud traps drivers inside vehicles on Southern California highway, photos show Skip to main content
A mud volcano or mud dome is a landform created by the eruption of mud or slurries, water and gases. [1] [2] [3] Several geological processes may cause the formation of mud volcanoes. Mud volcanoes are not true igneous volcanoes as they do not produce lava and are not necessarily driven by magmatic activity.
Hilary, the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years, flooded roads, toppled trees and forced a rescue by bulldozer of more than a dozen older residents trapped by mud in a care ...