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Analyses of sedimentary rocks from the Pre-Cambrian of South Africa show that they contain a variety of alkanes. Were these hydrocarbons incorporated into the sediments at the time of sedimentary deposition, and are they biogenic in origin ?
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ORÓ, J., NOONER, D. Aliphatic Hydrocarbons in Pre-Cambrian Rocks. Nature 213, 1082–1085 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2131082a0
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