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9 November, 20:32

Imagine that a layer of leaves is scattered along a forest floor; what must happen in order to preserve these leaves as fossils?

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  1. 9 November, 20:59
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    For the leaves to be presearved as fossil, they have to undergo a natural process of carbonization. This involves a slow chemical reaction with water over time that allows oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen to escape the leaves’ structure as gases leaving behind a carbon skeleton/film.
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