[MSNoise] A case of a mud volcano

[Ilias Papadopoulos]

Hello fellow MSNoise users,

I have in my hands a case of an erupted mud volcano. The event took 
place between February 12th and February 13th and got attention very 
quickly from media and people in Trinidad & Tobago. I don't know if any 
of you have any experience working with MSNoise and mud volcanoes. A 
high quality drone footage you can find here 
<https://www.facebook.com/topshotaerialservices/videos/984076211740133/>, 
story on the media here 
<http://newsday.co.tt/2018/02/17/mud-volcano-goes-quiet/>.

I am thinking of setting up a project around it, but since there is not 
much information as to what to expect, I seek advice from all of you. 
According to geologists here, the whole thing has gone dormant on the 
surface. There is no volcanic activity, hard rock or magma movement 
underneath. Some studies propose a disturbance down to 3 or 6 Km of mud 
and gas intruding the younger harder formations.

Questions in my mind are both of practical and scientific perspective:

- Since we don't expect any conventional seismic/volcanic activity, will 
the network record anything of use?

- I have in my hands 5 to 6 Guralp 5TDE (accelerometers). Will they be 
able to record noise down to the frequencies of interest?

- Related to the previous, what would be the optimum aperture to deploy 
the sensors (taking into account we need to extract information down to 
3-6 Km)?


Any ideas, suggestions or advice are appreciated.

Ilias




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   Ilias Papadopoulos | Engineering Seismologist
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