In Azerbaijan oil mud volcanoes form on the surface as expressions of the vertical migration of oil and gas as a result of gravitational loading of largely unconsolidated sediments in combination with structure control and stress regime. In general it is believed that mud volcano eruptions are triggered by earthquake activity since this can cause hydrate instability and explosive dissociation of the hydrocarbons can occur.
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