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IT has frequently been suggested that natural mineral oils may be the product of decomposed fish. One of the main objections to this explanation has always seemed the difficulty of accounting for the concentration of oil deposits within the comparatively restricted areas in which they actually occur. But if one considers the migration of certain fish, for example the common eel, this objection can, in the main, be overcome.
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LINDEMANN, A. A Possible Origin of Petrol-Fields. Nature 117, 159 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/117159b0
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