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alkanofers

alkanofers is the plural of alkanofer.

Meaning of alkanofer

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

Questions about alkanofers

What is alkanofers the plural of?
Alkanofers is the plural of alkanofer.

Words near alkanofers in the dictionary

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

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