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minus-squarethe post of tom joadlinkEnglish7•1 month agoWow ok that’s cool… so then every* oil well is in a place that historically was underwater?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•1 month agoYes, specifically shallow seas that are so rich that they go anoxic. Without oxygen, the organisms don’t break down and just accumulate.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-21 month agoCan Texas just go back to being a shallow anoxic sea? Please?
minus-squareMentalEdgelinkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-21 month agoYes. A lot of such places are still below the seabed, hence off-shore oil-rigs.
minus-squareJothiratnamlinkfedilink2•1 month ago@the_post_of_tom_joad @MentalEdge This map from the Cretaceous might help: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Cretaceous_seaway.png
Wow ok that’s cool… so then every* oil well is in a place that historically was underwater?
Yes, specifically shallow seas that are so rich that they go anoxic. Without oxygen, the organisms don’t break down and just accumulate.
Can Texas just go back to being a shallow anoxic sea?
Please?
Yes. A lot of such places are still below the seabed, hence off-shore oil-rigs.
@the_post_of_tom_joad @MentalEdge This map from the Cretaceous might help: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Cretaceous_seaway.png