Significance of hydrocarbons in sediments and petroleum

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Feb 1961

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Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 22, Issue 1, pp.58-64

Physics

7

Scientific paper

Sediments and crude oils contain the same types of hydrocarbons. This analogy indicates that petroleum is derived from sedimentary organic matter. The close resemblance of hydrocarbons in sediments and crude oils to the products of living organisms indicate that compounds pass from living things into petroleum deposits without appreciable chemical change. Major transformations of organic matter into petroleum-like compounds do not appear to be an essential function of source beds. Neglecting bacterial modifications and rearrangement of unsaturated products that apparently occur shortly after deposition of plant and animal remains in sediments, the important processes in forming petroleum deposits are probably physical in nature. Sediments in general rather than unusual sediments are seemingly the true "source rocks" of petroleum.

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