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Why is there so much oil in the Persian gulf and none in the Red sea?
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∙ 8y ago
I am sure it is due to geologic reasons. However, on the environmental side of things, the Red Sea has a huge coral reef that is world class. In the 1970s, it was the largest untouched coral reef in the world. Not sure of its status now, with shipping and garbage being dumped.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 8y agoThe Persian Gulf is the site of a large historic Carboniferous Forest, which has decayed into petroleum. The Red Sea was not such a site. It is arbitrary, but based purely on the world's environmental conditions roughly 300 million years ago.
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