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SUINTEMENT FROID [1 record]

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Record 1 2024-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Oceanography
DEF

An area of the ocean floor where hydrogen sulfide, methane, and other hydrocarbon-rich fluid seepage occurs.

CONT

Cold seeps are places throughout the global ocean where chemicals like hydrogen sulfide, methane, and other hydrocarbon-rich fluids and/or gases escape from cracks or fissures in the ocean floor ... They are referred to as cold seeps to differentiate them from the super-heated fluids released from hydrothermal vents.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Océanographie
CONT

Les suintements froids sont des sources de gaz, dont le méthane, ou d'hydrocarbures sous forme de fluides qui émanent des sédiments et forment des cratères sous-marins. Ces derniers se trouvent dans les «déserts» du fond océanique.

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