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For other uses of "seep" see Seep (disambiguation)

A petroleum seep is a place where liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons escape to the surface through fractures and fissures in the rock and between geological layers. Petroleum seeps are quite common: California has thousands of them. Much of the petroleum discovered in California during the 19th century was from observations of seeps.^[1]

Petroleum seeps may be a significant source of pollution.

References

↑ http://seeps.wr.usgs.gov/ Natural Oil and Gas Seeps in California

Hornafius, J.S.Quigley, D.C., and Luyendyk, B.P. "The world's most spectacular marine hydrocarbon seeps (Coal Oil Point, Santa Barbara Channel, California): Quantification of Emissions", Journal of Geophysical Research, v.104, n. C9, pp. 20,703-20,711, September 15, 1999. [1]

[1] ttp://seeps.wr.usgs.gov/ Natural Oil and Gas Seeps in California

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-A '''seep''' is a wet place, where a [[liquid]], usually [[groundwater]], has oozed from the ground to the surface. Seeps are usually not flowing, with the liquid sourced only from [[underground]].
+:''For other uses of "seep" see [[Seep (disambiguation)]]''
-The term seep may also refer to the movement of liquid [[hydrocarbons]] to the surface and between [[geological]] layers. Oil may rise from the [[sea floor]] to sea surface and can form [[tar ball (oil)|tar ball]]s that can wash up on [[beach]]es.
+A '''petroleum seep''' is a place where liquid or gaseous [[hydrocarbons]] escape to the surface through fractures and fissures in the rock and between [[geological]] layers. [[Petroleum]] seeps are quite common:  [[California]] has thousands of them.  Much of the petroleum discovered in California during the 19th century was from observations of seeps.<ref>http://seeps.wr.usgs.gov/ Natural Oil and Gas Seeps in California</ref>
-Much of the oil discovered in [[California]] during the 19th century was from seeps where oil had risen to the surface.
+Petroleum seeps may be a significant source of [[pollution]].
-==External link==
+==See also==
+*[[Coal Oil Point seep field]]
+*[[Tar pit]]
-* [http://seeps.geol.ucsb.edu/ Hyrdocarbon Seeps] - [[UCSB|University of California, Santa Barbara]]
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
+* Hornafius, J.S.Quigley, D.C., and Luyendyk, B.P. "The world's most spectacular marine hydrocarbon seeps (Coal Oil Point, Santa Barbara Channel, California): Quantification of Emissions", Journal of Geophysical Research, v.104, n. C9, pp. 20,703-20,711, September 15, 1999.  [http://seeps.geol.ucsb.edu/]
-==See also ==
+[[Category:Economic geology]]
-* [[Aquifer]]
+[[Category:Petroleum]]
-* [[Spring (water)]]
-{{Geology-stub}}
-[[Category:Geology]]

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