How did oil get 1 to 2 miles deep in the earth?
2007-11-27 04:07:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
This question has puzzled some people for many years and is never answered except by saying it is dead biomass that got buried that deep. Whereas in fact oil can be made by natural processes very different than that process. The only things needed are a carbon and hydrogen donor. Water and calcite can provide those.
2007-11-27 05:26:29 · answer #1 · answered by jim m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Natural geological processes, not dead trees
2016-07-02 11:38:16 · answer #2 · answered by jamesp44 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God put it there, duh!
j/k, it comes from the process of dead animals, vegetables etc being broken down and eaten by bacteria and is a byproduct of millions of years of left over waste. Hence the term fossil fuel.
The dirt moves over time also, that is why it is required for geologists to dig down through multiple layers to find fossils.
2007-11-27 04:11:23 · answer #3 · answered by trigunmarksman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
oil was actually formed inside thr.many bilions of centuries bak orgnic remains got struck under the earth n hence were deprived of oxygen so they coundnt get decomposed n oil was formes under the pressure of earth
2007-11-27 04:12:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The burial and decomposition of dead organisms, usually under quite a bit of pressure.
Tectonic and sedimentary forces continue to bury the deposits deeper.
2007-11-27 04:12:25 · answer #5 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mmm.. lots and lots of dead, decaying animals and plants from millions of years ago.
Sounds yummy :)
2007-11-27 04:12:43 · answer #6 · answered by nixity 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋