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Deposition of Petroleum Source Rocks

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Petroleum and Basin Evolution

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It has been long recognized that fine-grained sediments of both siliciclastic and carbonate compositions are the principal source rocks of petroleum. The common coincidence of significant, and often high, content of organic matter within such sediments, as first comprehensively documented by Trask and Wu (1930), provided the initial clue and support for this now generally accepted opinion.

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