Massive quantities of methane clathrates are buried in continental deposits.

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Extensive scientific literature and geological modeling confirm that enormous quantities of methane clathrates (gas hydrates) are stored within continental margins, permafrost, and oceanic sediments.

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The claim states that massive quantities of methane clathrates are buried in continental deposits. Multiple papers (e.g., [0], [1], [2]) explicitly describe marine and permafrost gas hydrate systems as massive, large reservoirs or immense energy banks. No papers refute this widely established geological fact. Thus, the balance of evidence fully supports the claim.

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Methane hydrate stability and anthropogenic climate change

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D. Archer. Methane hydrate stability and anthropogenic climate change. 2007. https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-4-993-2007

This paper notes that methane frozen into hydrate makes up a massive reservoir of potentially volatile carbon in permafrost soils and below the sea floor.

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Extraction of Methane from Oceanic Hydrate System Deposits

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Michael D. Max, Michael J. Cruickshank. Extraction of Methane from Oceanic Hydrate System Deposits. 1999. https://doi.org/10.4043/10727-ms

This paper discusses oceanic hydrate system deposits and notes that they constitute a very large energy bank of methane adjacent to landmasses.

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Methane Gas Hydrate Stability Models on Continental Shelves in Response to Glacio-Eustatic Sea Level Variations: Examples from Canadian Oceanic Margins

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Jacek Majorowicz, Kirk Osadetz, Jan Safanda. Methane Gas Hydrate Stability Models on Continental Shelves in Response to Glacio-Eustatic Sea Level Variations: Examples from Canadian Oceanic Margins. 2013. https://doi.org/10.3390/en6115775

This paper models gas hydrate stability zones on continental shelves and references the immense marine gas hydrate reservoir and its dynamic features.

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