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During a tsunami many marine plants and animals get buried. How will they get converted into petroleum?

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Petroleum is a fossil fuel that was formed from the remains of ancient marine organisms. After the tsunami, remains of plants and animals have been buried and compressed under thousands of feet of sand, mud, and rock. The organic materials, under certain geological conditions, have been transformed by overburden pressure and subsurface heat into hydrocarbon compounds, such as crude oil and natural gas.

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