Mud Volcanoes Of Salton Sea
Understanding the Salton Sea Area: The Salton Sea is an endorheic rift lake located on the San Andreas Fault. It is saltier than the pacific. 4000 feet below the surface of the Southeast Shore, lies 3-4 square miles of magma. Below that, there is a vein of magma 80 square miles in size!
Connecting It Back To Mud Volcanoes: Here, conditions are favourable for a mud volcano because there is tectonic activity, there is a major fault, there's methane gas from magma, there is salt water, and other landforms associated with mud volcanoes (mud pots). As a result, many mud volcanoes thrive here! In fact,the Salton Sea area has so many mud volcanoes, they are named as "Mud Volcanoes Of Salton Sea". Some volcanoes here are the size of football fields, while others, like the one below) are about 2m high and 4m in diameter. The mud flow here smells like gasoline.
Connecting It Back To Mud Volcanoes: Here, conditions are favourable for a mud volcano because there is tectonic activity, there is a major fault, there's methane gas from magma, there is salt water, and other landforms associated with mud volcanoes (mud pots). As a result, many mud volcanoes thrive here! In fact,the Salton Sea area has so many mud volcanoes, they are named as "Mud Volcanoes Of Salton Sea". Some volcanoes here are the size of football fields, while others, like the one below) are about 2m high and 4m in diameter. The mud flow here smells like gasoline.
Other Landforms Near the Area: Hot air vents, Mudpots, Salt Crystals
This mud volcano is quite typical because all the normal conditions needed to form a mud volcano are present.
This mud volcano is quite typical because all the normal conditions needed to form a mud volcano are present.