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clathrate
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clathrate [′klath‚rāt]
(biology)
cancellate
(chemistry)
An inclusion compound in which the guest species is enclosed on all sides by the species forming the crystal lattice. Also known as cage compound; inclusion compound.
(geochemistry)
gas hydrate
(petrology)
Pertaining to a condition, chiefly in leucite rock, in which clear leucite crystals are surrounded by tangential leucite crystals to give the rock an appearance of a net or a section of sponge. Also known as enclosure compound.
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Pelagic fisheries, seabed minerals, and methane clathrates may also prove interesting.
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There are vast stores of methane clathrates beneath the ocean and in permafrost and there is evidence that millions of years ago release from these storages caused significant climate change, although none in more recent times," he added.
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In the other scenario, the methane is still trapped, but this time it's locked inside little molecular cages called clathrates.
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