Gas hydrate at the seafloor on the U.S. Atlantic margin.
By Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
2012 (approx.)
Detailed Description
Gas hydrate at the seafloor on the U.S. Atlantic margin. The icy deposit formed as gas bubbles emitted from the seafloor transformed into methane hydrate beneath the overhanging rock.
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Gas Hydrate and the Environment
Gas hydrate is an ice-like substance formed when methane or some other gases combine with water at appropriate pressure and temperature conditions. Nearly the entire global inventory of gas hydrates is confined to sediments in a zone tens to hundreds of meters thick close to the seafloor at water depths greater than 350–600 m. On U.S. continental marine margins alone, BOEM estimates that gas...
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