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Density stratification in lakes and oceans generate anoxic conditions below the pycnocline, and sediment facies mirror this development. A comparison of modern sediments deposited in stratified and non-stratified waters with sediments formed since the Cambrian reveals that the ancient sea has been stratified a number of times.
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Degens, E., Stoffers, P. Stratified waters as a key to the past. Nature 263, 22–27 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/263022a0
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