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It is generally accepted that petroleum has been derived from the remains of plants and animals deposited together with fine-grained minerals at the bottom of the sea.
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Eisma, E., Jurg, J.W. (1969). Fundamental Aspects of the Generation of Petroleum. In: Eglinton, G., Murphy, M.T.J. (eds) Organic Geochemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-87734-6_35
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