Yes. A lot such places are still below the seabed, hence off-shore oil-rigs.
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the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 2 months agoWow ok that’s cool… so then every* oil well is in a place that historically was underwater?
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yes, specifically shallow seas that are so rich that they go anoxic. Without oxygen, the organisms don’t break down and just accumulate.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Can Texas just go back to being a shallow sea?