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Image: Gashydrat im Sediment

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Description: Structure of a gas hydrate (methane clathrate) block embedded in the sediment of hydrate ridge, off Oregon, USA. The gashydrates have been found during a reaserch cruise with the German reseach ship FS SONNE in the subduction zone off Oregon in a depth of about 1200 meter in the upper meter of the sediment. The shown gas hydrate (white) has been deposited in thin layers into the sediment
Title: Gashydrat im Sediment
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