Abstract
It is postulated that hydrogen-rich gases released from sedimentary organic materials during diagenesis and early metamorphism reduce ferric iron to ferrous iron causing it to shift its position in the silicate minerals present. This causes the associated aluminum to shift also, ending up in mica and chlorite phases, rather than in pure aluminum silicate phases.
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