Potholes form when water seeps into cracks in the road and freezes, breaking up the asphalt.
They point out that the methane seeps are unpredictable and erratic in quantity, size and duration.
The government says seeps have been spotted within two miles of the site of the blowout.
What we need to know is this: did these seeps exist before the cap test began?
Typically rainfall seeps through the soil, absorbing carbon dioxide and reacting with decaying vegetation.
Potholes develop after water that seeps beneath the road surface freezes, which then loosens the road surface.
Oil seeps naturally from the gulf floor, and natural bacteria exist in the water that eat it.
Not much cash seeps through to the miner from the group of backpackers staring over his shoulder.
Rainfall helps keep it clean: water seeps through the rubber and drains into pipes just below the surface.
The generators are protected with a flood wall and a sump pump to remove any water that seeps in.
Is containment still the way to go here, and are you concerned about these reports of seeps or leaks?
The hydrothermal vents, cold seeps and methane vents we shall shortly discover are all ecosystems which depend on chemical energy.
This flies in the face of natural seeps which, the world over, are many times the volume of any man-made leaks.
Any tar balls or oil from natural seeps takes this same direction.
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Probably both processes are at work in these different seeps, she said.
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It is possible that larger seeps at different times and locations might in fact be vigorous enough to break through the ocean surface.
They will continue to explore through and are also testing methods to measure the rate that gas rises from seeps in the seafloor.
Water, which seeps through the landfill, is contaminated with tritium from broken signs and can pass into water ways, carrying the tritium with it.
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Since the early 1980s, however, several seeps have been found.
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The courtyard has pebbles and stones surrounded by grass, with an understated cascading fountain made from Balinese volcanic rock that collects rainwater and seeps into the stone.
"With advanced multibeam sonar, it may become routine to discover seeps while we systematically explore our poorly known ocean, " NOAA scientist Stephen Hammond said in the statement.
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Sunlight seeps into the bustling DeLaMare atrium on a sunny Tuesday afternoon as visitors arrive to hang out around the 3D printers and observe the progress of their projects.
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Because most of the peninsula sits on a limestone shelf, there are no surface rivers, and rainwater quickly seeps underground where it gathers and forms subterranean bodies of water known as cenotes.
If exploitation has only just begun of life forms found in hydrothermal vents, cold seeps and similar deep-sea formations like mud volcanoes and brine pools, the same cannot be said for seamounts.
One of the most popular night-time pleasures, apart from partying at Kadir's Bull Bar is a trip to the Chimaera mount that lights up with flames at night from the methane that seeps through its cracks.
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