Hydrate Ridge
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Hydrate Ridge
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Hydrate Ridge is an accretionary thrust clathrate hydrate formation, meaning it has been made of sediment scraped off of subducting oceanic plate. It is approx. 200 m high, and located 100 km offshore of Oregon. At hydrate formations, methane is trapped in crystallized water structures. Such methane transforms into the gaseous phase and seeps into the ocean at this site, which has been a popular location of study since its discovery in 1986. Hydrate Ridge also supports a methane-driven benthic c
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrate_Ridge
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2022-06-30T02:08:05Z
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