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Synonyms for seep

to flow or leak out or emit something slowly

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Synonyms for seep

pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings

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The present study was undertaken to determine the composition and structure of the vegetation of this series of seeps at White Oak Creek Natural Area in Mason County, and compare the result to those observed by Gates (1912).
Little is known about the hydrocarbon seep community located in GC354, except that it is a small, "standard" upper-middle continental slope seep site, characterized by mussel and tubeworm colonies (R.
The SCB endosymbiont was closely related (1.45% sequence divergence) to endosymbionts found in vestimentiferans that live in sedimented seep localities; its relationship to endosymbionts from vestimentiferans found in [TABULAR DATA FOR TABLE I OMITTED] deep-sea hydrothermal vent habitats was more distant (4.5%).
And one evening after Alvin surfaced for the night, I, Dave, and Chris Farwell, a UCSB undergraduate student at the time (and my cabinmate aboard Atlantis) began collecting samples of sediments starting 2.2 nautical miles (4 kilometers) downstream of the oil seeps.
It estimates the amount of oil in the sediments down current from the seeps to be the equivalent of approximately 8-80 Exxon Valdez oil spills.
Based on the isotope values, it is highly likely that they are residents of the seeps. The Chauliodus sloani has [sup.13]C and [sup.15]N-enriched isotope values (similar to the hagfish Eptatretus sp., see later), and is probably a vagrant predator.
For example, ocean tides influence the rate at which groundwater seeps upward through the seafloor.
A: Actually, natural oil seeps on the ocean floor constantly bubble up petroleum.
The detritus of the city scatters, oozes and seeps. The choreography begins to collapse.
ENPNewswire-July 26, 2019--Identifying Onshore Surface Seeps with Satellites
'When water seeps from the floor, it means the drainage to the house was not properly done.
Their predictions follow a comprehensive study of the effects of recently discovered volcanic CO2 seeps off Shikine Island, Japan, which is on the border of temperate and tropical climates.
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