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Volume 36 Number 6
  • ISSN: 0263-5046
  • E-ISSN: 1365-2397

Abstract

Abstract

Methane hydrate, or clathrate, is an ice-like substance consisting of methane and water that is stable at low temperature and under high pressure. It has a pentagonal dodecahedron molecular structure comprising one molecule of methane surrounded by molecules of water. It is usually found in areas with low temperatures, such as in the Arctic, in the form of methane hydrate deposits above and below the lower limit of permafrost. Hydrates are also common in deep water where the water column above 300 to 500 m water depth provides the high-pressure conditions required for their formation.

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