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alkanofer

alkanofer noun: a subsurface reservoir of liquid hydrocarbons.

Noun

alkanofer (plural alkanofers)

  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.2015, Olivier Mousis, Jonathan I. Lunine, Alexander G. Hayes, Jason D. Hofgartner, “The fate of ethane in Titan's hydrocarbon lakes and seas”, in arXiv

Forms of alkanofer

pluralalkanofers

Origin of alkanofer

From alkane + -o- (linking vowel) + -fer.

Questions about alkanofer

What does alkanofer mean?
Alkanofer means a subsurface reservoir of liquid hydrocarbons.
What part of speech is alkanofer?
Alkanofer is a noun.
What is the plural of alkanofer?
The plural of alkanofer is alkanofers.

Words near alkanofer in the dictionary

  1. alkaniums
  2. alkannin
  3. alkannins
  4. alkanoate
  5. alkanoates
  6. alkanofer
  7. alkanofers
  8. alkanoic
  9. alkanoic acid
  10. alkanoic acids
  11. alkanol

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