Otto C. Kopp
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Professor Emeritus of Geological Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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Fossil fuel, any of a class of hydrocarbon-containing materials of biological origin occurring within Earth’s crust that can be used as a source of energy. Fossil fuels include coal, petroleum, natural gas, oil shales, bitumens, tar sands, and heavy oils. All contain carbon and were formed as a…
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