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Figure 2 inadvertently contained plotting errors for oils from the Tampen Spur and Viking Graben data sets and the plotting of pristane/(n-heptadecane + pristane) for the Barents Sea data set rather than pristane/n-heptadecane as described. The corrected figure is shown below with all the offshore data now correctly plotted as depth from sediment surface. The shallowest Barents Sea sample plots with pristane/n-heptadecane slightly greater than 1, but alkane, isotope and light hydrocarbon distributions suggest that this oil is not biodegraded. Reservoirs in the Barents Sea cooler than 80 °C at present are found at depths shallower than 2,000 m. Our conclusions remain unchanged.
Degree of oil biodegradation, assessed by the pristane/n‐heptadecane ratio, as a function of current reservoir depth below sediment surface for oils from four different settings.
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Wilhelms, A., Larter, S., Head, I. et al. Correction: Biodegradation of oil in uplifted basins prevented by deep-burial sterilization. Nature 414, 85 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35102091
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