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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.
See also
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]