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Geology Marker, bottom panel
Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: June 5, 2016
Caption: Geology Marker, bottom panel
Additional Description: Captions: How oil is formed; (upper left) Organic matter: plants, shells, animals; Layers of sediment.; (center) More layers of sediment; (bottom right) Organic remains compressed and heated form hydrocarbons, such as oil and gas. Geologists look for anticlines which form natural traps for hydrocarbons.; Formation of oil from orgainic mater (left and center) Oil trap (right); (far right) Map of the Black Gold Byway kiosks.
Submitted: July 5, 2016, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p355759
File Size: 3.286 Megabytes

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