Formation Mechanism of Mud Volcanoes/Mud Diapirs Based on Physical Simulation

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Formation simulation of mud diapir under the background of strike slip. (a) Plane photo of the strike-slip formation model; (b) completion of strike slip, symmetrical fracture of the model; (c) after injection of fluid, mound-like uplift appeared on the model surface, and the formation was punctured and fractured; (d) cross section in the center of the model, formation fault could be seen, but only a slight diapir activity was observed, and the scale of diapir was much smaller than that of experiment 2.

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