Alkanofer
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A subsurface reservoir of liquid hydrocarbons
"In order to explain this apparent ethane deficiency, we explore the possibility that Ligeia Mare is the visible part of an alkanofer that interacted with an underlying clathrate layer and investigate the influence of this interaction on an assumed initial ethane-methane mixture in the liquid phase."
Example
More examples"In order to explain this apparent ethane deficiency, we explore the possibility that Ligeia Mare is the visible part of an alkanofer that interacted with an underlying clathrate layer and investigate the influence of this interaction on an assumed initial ethane-methane mixture in the liquid phase."
Etymology
From alkane + -o- (linking vowel) + -fer.
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