Methane seeping
By Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
2010 (approx.)
Detailed Description
Methane seeping on the Virginia margin just shallower than the limit for gas hydrate stability.
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.
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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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