Mud volcanoes often exhibit calderas, which are large circular depressions at their summit. Detailed mapping around the Caspian Sea suggests that caldera-forming mud volcanoes are dynamically ...

A mysterious new island emerged in the Caspian Sea following the eruption of the Kumani Bank mud volcano, located approximately 25 kilometers off the eastern coast of Azerbaijan. Satellite images ...

Azerbaijan is home to more than 300 mud volcanoes, combining both on land and water in the Caspian Sea, NASA's Earth Observatory stated. Though Kumani Bank's behaviour is not unique, it is ...

Mud volcanoes, as their name suggests, eject mud and also gases and water from beneath Earth’s crust. At the time, the researchers had used a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) named Aurora to take ...

LIMBANG: The strange phenomenon of “mud volcanoes” – mounds of varying sizes from which thick grey mud bubbles to the surface – have become a tourist attraction at Kampung Meritam ...