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METHANE CLATHRATE [1 record]

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Record 1 1991-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

Large quantities of methane are also locked up in continental-shelf sediments and below arctic permafrost in the form of clathrates-molecular lattices of methane and water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
OBS

Clathrate: Association cristalline de deux espèces chimiques, dans lesquelles les molécules de l'une des espèces se logent dans les lacunes du réseau cristallin formé par les molécules de l'autre.

Spanish

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