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Published online 14 August 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020812-3
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Fossil fuel without the fossils
Petroleum: animal, vegetable or mineral?
Petroleum - the archetypal fossil fuel - couldn't have formed from the remains of dead animals and plants, claim US and Russian researchers1. They argue that petroleum originated from minerals at extreme temperatures and pressures.
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