Samples of India’s only active mud volcano in Andaman date back to 23 million years: GSI
Baratang’s mud volcano in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. | Photo Credit: Wikipedia Commons The samples collected from India’s only active mud volcano at Baratang in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands belong to the Oligocene age, which was around 23 million years ago, a Geological Survey of India (GSI) official said. The lithoclasts ejected from the…