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Mud volcanoes bring a mix of water, clay-rich mud, and gas to the surface through fractures in the ground. These eruptions, explosive or effusive, pose geological and environmental risks. We present a multi-geophysical study combining gravimetry, time-domain electromagnetic (TDEM), and electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) data to refine existing models of the flow paths and improve our understanding of their influence on activation processes. Preliminary ERT analysis reveals limited contrasts, which are consistent with the observed effusive surface structures. In contrast, the gravimetric data are dominated by a regional signal and require further processing. The integration of all three methods using advanced processing techniques, such as joint inversion, is expected to yield a more accurate image of the internal structure of this mud volcano.

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