
%0 Journal Article
%A Arafin, S. 
%T Three-dimensional gravity modelling of a Trinidad mud volcano, West Indies
%J Exploration Geophysics
%D 2005/09/01
%V 36
%N 3
%P 329-333
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/EG05329
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/EG05329 
%X The violent eruption of the Piparo mud volcano, Trinidad, in February 1997 demonstrated its destructive capability by completely burying 16 houses and a number of livestock under a 5 m thick mud pile. Unlike magmatic volcanoes, mud volcanoes involve very low energy, making geophysical methods such as seismology unsuitable for monitoring. Three-dimensional gravity modelling over the Tabaquite mud volcano suggests the presence of a large density contrast (?0.70 t.m-3). The density contrast being large and dynamic (i.e., it is absent at recently active mud volcanoes like Piparo) makes the gravity method a potential tool for monitoring mud volcanoes. 
