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2006, Oceanography 19(4):124–142, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2006.11
Gas Hydrates in Marine Sediments:
Lessons from Scientific Ocean Drilling
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Authors
Anne M. Tréhu | Marine Geology and Geophysics, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
Carolyn Ruppel | School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA, now at U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA, USA
Melanie Holland | GEOTEK, Daventry, UK
Gerald R. Dickens | Department of Earth Science, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
Marta E. Torres | College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
Timothy S. Collett | U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO, USA
David Goldberg | Borehole Research Group, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, USA
Michael Riedel | Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Peter Schultheiss | GEOTEK, Daventry, UK
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Certain low-molecular-weight gases, such as methane, ethane, and carbon dioxide, can combine with water to form ice-like substances at high pressure or low temperature. These compounds, commonly called gas hydrates, concentrate gas in solid form and occur naturally in sediment beneath the Arctic permafrost and in the sediments of the continental slope. A decomposing piece of gas hydrate can be ignited and will sustain a flame as the methane is released, producing the phenomenon of "burning ice."
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Citation
Tréhu, A.M., C. Ruppel, M. Holland, G.R. Dickens, M.E. Torres, T.S. Collett, D. Goldberg, M. Riedel, and P. Schultheiss. 2006. Gas hydrates in marine sediments: Lessons from scientific ocean drilling. Oceanography 19(4):124–142, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2006.11.