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Michkov t1_j1gthnt wrote

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Why is lack of oxygen a detriment to fossilization?

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[deleted] t1_j1guv7t wrote

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Michkov t1_j1gv72r wrote

So there is a goldilocks zone of a certain lack of O to slow the decomposition, but enough to keep the mineralization going at a rate that the corpse fossilizes?

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