petroleum has taken millions of years to form. explain in very short
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When small sea plants and animals die they sink and lie on the sea bed. Then they are buried down. Many layers are deposited on them. In the absense O2 they form petroleum.
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hey mate here is your answer:
The earth's natural process takes time and the formation of petroleum is no different. Petroleum is formed from accumulation of ancient organisms which gets accumulated on the sea floor and are buried by subsequent accumulation of sediments.
As the sediments build-up likewise will the natural heat of the earth (geothermal gradient) and the overburden pressure combine to act upon the accumulated mass.
It takes millions of years because it will require time for the ideal conditions of temperature and pressure (about 60 deg celcius and a depth of about 2 kilometres) needed to transform the organism to petroleum to be reached.
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The earth's natural process takes time and the formation of petroleum is no different. Petroleum is formed from accumulation of ancient organisms which gets accumulated on the sea floor and are buried by subsequent accumulation of sediments.
As the sediments build-up likewise will the natural heat of the earth (geothermal gradient) and the overburden pressure combine to act upon the accumulated mass.
It takes millions of years because it will require time for the ideal conditions of temperature and pressure (about 60 deg celcius and a depth of about 2 kilometres) needed to transform the organism to petroleum to be reached.
hope it helps you!
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