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IT has been suggested that processes other than the accumulation of biogenic hydrocarbons play an important role in the organic formation of petroleum. That can be inferred from a comparison of the different types of organic compounds found in sediments and petroleum1,2.
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ALBAIGES, J., TORRADAS, J. Significance of the even-carbon n-paraffin preference of a Spanish crude oil. Nature 250, 567–568 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/250567a0
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