{"id":34,"date":"2018-04-01T23:02:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-01T23:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curtisarchie.com\/wpmocha\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2024-01-08T12:16:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T12:16:33","slug":"devils-woodyard","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/curtisarchie.com\/wpmocha\/?page_id=34","title":{"rendered":"Devil’s Woodyard"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Number of active cones and vents between 2017 and 2022, initially there was an increase in activity as the “plumbling”\u00a0 re-established itself, since 2019 there has been a gradual decrease in the number of active vents<\/p>\n

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DEVIL’S WOODYARD 14 JUNE 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Devil\u2019s Woodard mud volcanoes were first described by Wall and Sawkins (1861), the area has changed little since then, except for occasional eruptions the last of which took place in 2018. Higgins and Saunders (1974) gives a detailed description of the area and its eruptive history.<\/h3>\n

Historical Eruptions and their Frequency<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/h1>\n

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Orientation of faults from the 1995 eruption.<\/h4>\n

ACTIVITY AT THE PIPARO AND DEVIL\u2019S WOODYARD MUD VOLCANOES : 2001 – PRESENT<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

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22nd May 2022<\/a><\/h1>\n

9th February 2021<\/a><\/h1>\n

1st July 2020<\/a><\/h1>\n

24th August 2019<\/a><\/h1>\n

10th August 2019<\/a><\/h1>\n

1st September 2018<\/a><\/h1>\n

1st August 2018<\/a><\/h1>\n

14th June 2018<\/a><\/h1>\n

17th February 2018<\/a><\/h1>\n

13th February 2018<\/a><\/h1>\n

7th October 2017<\/a><\/h1>\n

24th September 2016<\/a><\/h1>\n

2nd January 2012<\/a><\/h1>\n

30th October 2010<\/a><\/h1>\n

2nd December 2007<\/a><\/h1>\n

15 March 2003<\/a><\/h1>\n

11 February 2001<\/a><\/h1>\n

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Plot of the number of active mud vents vs. time, vent activity had been declining steadily since 2008 to 2017. This may have been the result of the tassik becoming more compacted and impermeable to the rise of gases and liquids . Pressure could have built up steadly over time leading to an eruption when the sealing capacity of the tassik was reached.<\/h3>\n

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The number of active mud vents has increased over time, as the vents re-establish themselves along failures and faults associated with the 2019 eruption.<\/h3>\n

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An analysis of the ground elevation s between 2003 \u2013 2012 shows that the ground subsided in 2007, and has been steadily increasing in height since. Between January and August 2012 the southern edge of the tassik showed a significant increase in height.<\/p>\n

Clasts eroded from the 1995\u00a0 mudflows<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Descriptions of the material ejected by the mud vents by Higgins and Saunders (1974) indicate that the material is dominated by clays with rare clasts of sandstone, reddish-brown \u2013 orange-brown mudstones and occasional chert. The clasts range from well rounded to very angular in shape. Knight et al (2000) gives a detailed analysis (XRD) of these materials in their paper.
\nThe presence of chert which is found only in the Cretaceous Naparima Hill Formation indicate that the rising fluids and muds are originating at considerable depth.<\/h3>\n

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An unfortunate side effect of human activity and visits to the area is where any vent in the area is plugged with garbage as is evident in the photographs. Cones are also destroyed in attempt to get the vent to bubble more as wells at carry off (as a beauty aid) pieces. If we think of the mud volcano as a shaken soft drink or pressure cooker preventing the escape of pressure will lead to it building up and eventually releasing itself as a major eruption.<\/h3>\n

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Number of active cones and vents between 2017 and 2022, initially there was an increase in activity as the “plumbling”\u00a0 re-established itself, since 2019 there has been a gradual decrease in the number of active vents DEVIL’S WOODYARD 14 JUNE 2018 The Devil\u2019s Woodard mud volcanoes were first described by Wall and Sawkins (1861), the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":26,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/curtisarchie.com\/wpmocha\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/curtisarchie.com\/wpmocha\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/curtisarchie.com\/wpmocha\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/curtisarchie.com\/wpmocha\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/curtisarchie.com\/wpmocha\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":98,"href":"http:\/\/curtisarchie.com\/wpmocha\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4798,"href":"http:\/\/curtisarchie.com\/wpmocha\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/4798"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/curtisarchie.com\/wpmocha\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/curtisarchie.com\/wpmocha\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}