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Pyritization proxies redox conditions

Claim that pyritization (including framboidal pyrite size) serves as an indicator of sediment redox conditions.

Confidence
80%
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Evidence Quote

“Pyritization or framboidal pyrite size indicates sediment redox conditions”

Relationship

Pyritization indicates Redox conditions in sediments

Arguments

Pyritizationsubject
Redox conditions in sedimentsobject

Connections (2)

Pyritization and sediment redox status linkageInferenceChain
Pyritization proxies redox conditionsAssociation

Evidence

“Wilkin, Barnes, and Brantley (1996) report on framboidal pyrite size distribution in modern sediments as an indicator of redox conditions.”

R. T. Wilkin et al. (1996). The size distribution of framboidal pyrite in modern sediments: An indicator of redox conditions doi:10.1016/0016-7037(96)00252-8 ↗