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mud pot

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mud pot [′məd ‚pät]
(geology)
A type of hot spring which contains boiling mud, typically sulfurous and often multicolored; tends to be associated with geysers and other hot springs in volcanic zones. Also known as painted pot; sulfur-mud pool.


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ccording to Joye, "Near mud volcanoes, we saw thick plumes of gas bubbles ejected from boiling mud pots that are similar to those found in Yellowstone National Park.
Alternate Forms There are many different forms of hot springs such as geysers, mud pots and fumaroles.
The heart of the park is an active caldera that powers hot springs, fumaroles, mud pots, and geysers such as Old Faithful.
 
 
 
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