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European geologists say stopping Indonesian mud flow could be impossible
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 25 - 09 - 2006


European geologists said Monday
it may be impossible to stop a massive surge of hot sludge
on Indonesia's densely populated island of Java, saying it
could be the birth of a new mud volcano, REPORTED AP.
The mud, which runs five meters (16 feet) deep in some
places, has submerged houses in four villages since it
started spewing from a hole four months ago, displacing
more than 10,000 people.
At least 20 factories and 270 hectares (665 acres) of land
also have been inundated or abandoned due to safety
reasons.
Dr. Grigorii Akhmanov of the Moscow State University said
there was no way to know what triggered the mud flow _
tectonic activity or drilling by the gas exploration
company Lapindo Brantas.
In either case, stopping it would be very difficult if not
impossible, he said of efforts by Lapindo to halt the
eruption by pumping concrete into shafts alongside the
hole. «Once you try to stop this, it will appear from some
other side,» he said.
The mud has repeatedly washed onto a major toll road,
closing it for weeks at a time, and now threatens a rail
link in the industrial area just outside Surabaya,
Indonesia's second-largest city.
Adriano Mazzini from the Physics of Geological Processes
Research Center of the University of Oslo said the disaster
could be the birth of a new mud volcano _ providing a
unique opportunity for geologists.
«Nobody has ever studied a mud volcano from day one,» he
said, adding that it could die any time or continue to flow
for centuries.
In the meantime, the researchers said, the government
should explore the potential economic benefits of the mud
flow.
The government may be able to tap the mud flow as a source
of geothermal energy to produce electricity, as a material
for bricks, or for therapeutic skin treatment if the sludge
is determined to be nontoxic, they said.


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