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 crater were found to be composed of sandstone and shale of the Mithakari Group, belonging to this geolo
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