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Geologists find traces of oil and natural gas in Rajasthan |
Geologists have found
traces of oil and natural gas in Jodhpur-Marwar region of Rajasthan. Researchers
have claimed that the sandstone found at the mines in the region date back to
about 600 million years, which would put the fossil in the Ediacaran age, just
before the Cambrian era that saw an explosion in the evolution of species. "They
(plant fossils) are 140 times larger than the normal size of the plant and this
is very interesting. Secondly, they are carbon-less i.e. they doesn''t have carbon
in their brain…these carbon less fossils are very interesting and it is believed
that these fossils belong to the algae period between 543-635. Fossils belonging
to such period throughout the world are known for rocks which have a potential
source of hydrocarbon, specially petroleum and natural gas," said B. S. Paliwal,
a geologist in Jodhpur on Sunday. The discovery of traces of microbial mats on
sandstone was made during a visit of a team of geologists from Lucknow University
to the Jodhpur sandstone mines near Sursagar in Marwar region. Geologists also
find out some non-carbonaceous structures of algae 140 times bigger in size than
the normal fossils. |
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