Niland Geyser (nicknamed the "Slow One"[2] and formally designated W9)[3] is a moving mud pot or mud spring outside Niland, California in the Salton Trough in an area of geological instability due to the San Andreas fault,[4] formed due to carbon dioxide being released underground. It is the only mud pot or mud volcano known to have moved so significantly.[5][2] The geyser has required costly engineering works since 2018 as it has impinged on the Union Pacific Railroad, California State Route 111, and other infrastructure.
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^ abReyes-Velarde, Alejandra; Lin II, Rong-Gong (November 1, 2018). "A San Andreas fault mystery: The 'slow-moving disaster' in an area where the Big One is feared". Los Angeles Times.
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NilandGeyser (nicknamed the "Slow One" and formally designated W9) is a moving mud pot or mud spring outside Niland, California in the Salton Trough in...
are also home to active mudpots, including the moving NilandGeyser. In the case of NilandGeyser, its name is somewhat of a misnomer, as the release of...
Sea geothermal area near the town of Niland, California. Emissions are mostly CO2. One, known as the NilandGeyser, continues to move erratically. Smooth...
and hot springs; there is a volcano hazard map, but it is incomplete. NilandGeyser Gryphons are mud volcanoes less than 3 m (9.8 ft) high. Salses are water-filled...
are found on the eastern side of the Salton Sea, including the mobile NilandGeyser. The area is used for geothermal electricity generation, with plants...
mitigation project to protect SR-111 from a moving mud pot called the NilandGeyser, southeast of the Salton Sea near the junction with Davis and Gillespie...
000 US gallons (38 m3) were eventually recovered. Mid-late 2018: the NilandGeyser, a moving mud pot, encroached on the railroad near the eastern shore...
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domes within the basin which were active 10,300 (± 1000) years BP. The NilandGeyser is one of dozens of mudpots and mud volcanoes in the Salton Trough but...
first used for electric power production in the United States in 1960. The Geysers in Sonoma and Lake counties, California was developed into the largest...
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