Research Article
Formation Mechanism of Mud Volcanoes/Mud Diapirs Based on Physical Simulation
Table 2
Parameters of experimental materials.
| Parameters | Physical model | Geological model | Similarity ratios |
| Length | 1 cm | 1 km | | Density | 1.35 g/cm3 | 2.3 g/cm3 | 0.6 | Gravity acceleration | 9.8 m/s2 | 9.8 m/s2 | 1 | Cohesion | 20-90 Pa | Pa | ~ | Viscosity | Pa·s | Pa·s | | Time | 1 h | 0.23 ma | | Displacement velocity | 0.0005-0.001 mm/s | 0.8-1.6 mm/y | |
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