Squeezing oil from ancient rocks
Geologists have discovered droplets of oil in 3-billion-year-old rocks, which were thought too old to preserve petroleum.
References:
Dutkiewicz, A., B. Rasmussen, and R. Buick. 1998. Oil preserved in fluid inclusions in Archaean sandstones. Nature 395(Oct. 29):885.
Sources:
Roger Buick
University of Sydney
School of Geosciences
Sydney NSW 2006
Australia
From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 19, November 7, 1998, p.
301.
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