The LUSI mud volcano triggering controversy: Was it caused by drilling?

Sawolo, Nurrochmat; Sutriono, Edi; Istadi, Bambang P.; Darmoyo, Agung B.

doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.04.002

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Section: Geological Settingmentioning

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“…These volcanic marine materials were deposited within the period of Plio-Pleistocene to Pleistocene [4]. According to the Banjarpanji-1 drilling hole [1,4], the rocks form a very thick stratigraphy of over 2800 m. Then, Mazzini et al [1] divided the stratigraphy into three intervals. The first interval (<900 m) comprises Pleistocene siltstone of littoral to inner shelf sediments; the second interval (900-1871 m) comprises Pleistocene mudstone of inner to outer shelf sediments; the third interval (1871-2833 m) comprises Pleistocene coarse sandstone of turbidity sediments.…”

Section: Geological Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…noes located in the region [3,4]. Along the region, there is a depression zone called the Kendeng zone, located from Sangiran in Central Java to Probolinggo in East Java (Figure 2).…”

Section: Geological Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the early stage of the eruption, scientists disputed over the initiation of the eruption whether it was caused by seismic events [1][2][3][4], or by underground blowouts [5][6][7].…”

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“…The mud is composed of shales of the Pleistocene Upper Kalibeng Formation deposited within a very deep volcano-sedimentary environment [3,4]. This type of rock is ideally enriched with rare earth elements that fractionate during weathering of sedimentary rocks [14].…”

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Rare earth element contents of the Lusi mud: An attempt to identify the environmental origin of the hot mudflow in East Java – Indonesia

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Abstract:The Sidoarjo mudflow in East Java, Indonesia, has been erupting since May 29 th , 2006. The eruption has been known as the Lusi (lumpur Sidoarjo), which was previously considered as a remote seismic event consequence, but current geyser-like activities show an association with a geothermal phenomenon. A method of characterizing rare earth elements (REE) is commonly an effective tool for recognizing a geothermal system, and here it is adapted to particularly indicate the environmental origin of the Lusi mud. Results show that the Lusi hot mud is made of a porous smectite structure of a shale rock type, which becomes an ideal tank for trapping the REE, especially the light REE. Volcanic activities seem to be an important influence in the eruption; however, since there is a lack of significant isotopic evidences in the mobilization of the REE during the eruption, the chloride neutral pH water of the Lusi may hardly contain the REE. The moderate Ce and Eu anomalies found in the REE patterns of the mud strongly indicate a sea-floor basin as the most probable environment for the REE fractionation during the sedimentary rock formation, in which the weathering processes of volcanic rock origin enriched the Lusi shale with the REE.

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Section: Geological Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Geological Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…noes located in the region [3,4]. Along the region, there is a depression zone called the Kendeng zone, located from Sangiran in Central Java to Probolinggo in East Java (Figure 2).…”

Section: Geological Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the early stage of the eruption, scientists disputed over the initiation of the eruption whether it was caused by seismic events [1][2][3][4], or by underground blowouts [5][6][7].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Rare earth element contents of the Lusi mud: An attempt to identify the environmental origin of the hot mudflow in East Java – Indonesia

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Composition and flux of explosive gas release at LUSI mud volcano (East Java, Indonesia)

Vanderkluysen

Burton

Clarke

et al. 2014

Geochem Geophys Geosyst

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The LUSI mud volcano has been erupting since May 2006 in the densely populated Sidoarjo regency (East Java, Indonesia), forcing the evacuation of 40,000 people and destroying industry, farmland, and over 10,000 homes. Mud extrusion rates of 180,000 m 3 d 21 were measured in the first few months of the eruption, decreasing to a loosely documented <20,000 m 3 d 21 in 2012. The last few years of activity have been characterized by periodic short-lived eruptive bursts. In May and October 2011, we documented this activity using high-resolution time-lapse photography, open-path FTIR, and thermal infrared imagery. Gases (98% water vapor, 1.5% carbon dioxide, 0.5% methane) were periodically released by the bursting of bubbles approximately 3 m in diameter which triggered mud fountains to $10 m and gas plumes to hundreds of meters above the vent. During periods of quiescence (1-3 min), no appreciable gas seepage occurred. We estimate that LUSI releases approximately 2300 t yr 21 of methane, 30,000 t yr 21 of CO 2 , and 800,000 t yr 21 of water vapor. Gas bubble nucleation depths are >4000 m for methane and approximately 600 m for carbon dioxide; however, the mass fractions of these gases are insufficient to explain the observed dynamics. Rather, the primary driver of the cyclic bubble-bursting activity is decompressional boiling of water, which initiates a few tens of meters below the surface, setting up slug flow in the upper conduit. Our measured gas flux and conceptual model lead to a corresponding upper-bound estimate for the mud-water mass flux of 10 5 m 3 d 21.

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Influence of seismicity on the Lusi mud eruption

Rudolph

Manga

Tingay

et al. 2015

Geophysical Research Letters

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Earthquakes trigger the eruption of mud and magmatic volcanoes and influence ongoing eruptive activity. One mechanism that could trigger an eruption is clay liquefaction. Here we model the propagation of seismic waves beneath the Lusi mud eruption (East Java, Indonesia) using available seismic velocity and density models to assess the effect of subsurface structure on the amplification of incident seismic waves. We find that using an updated subsurface density and velocity structure, there is no significant amplification of incident seismic energy in the Upper Kalibeng Formation, the source of the erupting solids. Hence, the hypothesis that the Lusi eruption was triggered by clay liquefaction appears unlikely to be correct. Independent constraints from gas chemistry as well as analyses of drilling activities at the nearby Banjar-Panji 1 gas exploration well and an analysis of the effects of other earthquakes all favor a drilling trigger.

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The LUSI mud volcano triggering controversy: Was it caused by drilling?

Cited by 75 publications

References 9 publications

Rare earth element contents of the Lusi mud: An attempt to identify the environmental origin of the hot mudflow in East Java – Indonesia

Rare earth element contents of the Lusi mud: An attempt to identify the environmental origin of the hot mudflow in East Java – Indonesia

Composition and flux of explosive gas release at LUSI mud volcano (East Java, Indonesia)

Influence of seismicity on the Lusi mud eruption

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