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Oxygen minimum zones in the early Cambrian ocean. / Guilbaud, Romain; Slater, Ben J.; Poulton, Simon W. et al.
In: Geochemical Perspectives Letters, Vol. 6, 01.03.2018, p. 33-38.

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Guilbaud, R, Slater, BJ, Poulton, SW, Harvey, THP, Brocks, J, Nettesheim, BJ & Butterfield, NJ 2018, 'Oxygen minimum zones in the early Cambrian ocean', Geochemical Perspectives Letters, vol. 6, pp. 33-38. https://doi.org/10.7185/geochemlet.1806

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Guilbaud, R., Slater, B. J., Poulton, S. W., Harvey, T. H. P., Brocks, J., Nettesheim, B. J., & Butterfield, N. J. (2018). Oxygen minimum zones in the early Cambrian ocean. Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 6, 33-38. https://doi.org/10.7185/geochemlet.1806

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Guilbaud R, Slater BJ, Poulton SW, Harvey THP, Brocks J, Nettesheim BJ et al. Oxygen minimum zones in the early Cambrian ocean. Geochemical Perspectives Letters. 2018 Mar 1;6:33-38. doi: 10.7185/geochemlet.1806

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Guilbaud, Romain ; Slater, Ben J. ; Poulton, Simon W. et al. / Oxygen minimum zones in the early Cambrian ocean. In: Geochemical Perspectives Letters. 2018 ; Vol. 6. pp. 33-38.

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title = "Oxygen minimum zones in the early Cambrian ocean",
abstract = "The relationship between the evolution of early animal communities and oceanic oxygen levels remains unclear. In particular, uncertainty persists in reconstructions of redox conditions during the pivotal early Cambrian (541-510 million years ago, Ma), where conflicting datasets from deeper marine settings suggest either ocean anoxia or fully oxygenated conditions. By coupling geochemical palaeoredox proxies with a record of organic-walled fossils from exceptionally well-defined successions of the early Cambrian Baltic Basin, we provide evidence for the early establishment of modern-type oxygen minimum zones (OMZs). Both inner- and outer-shelf environments were pervasively oxygenated, whereas mid-depth settings were characterised by spatially oscillating anoxia. As such, conflicting redox signatures recovered from individual sites most likely derive from sampling bias, whereby anoxic conditions represent mid-shelf environments with higher productivity. This picture of a spatially restricted anoxic wedge contrasts with prevailing models of globally stratified oceans, offering a more nuanced and realistic account of the Proterozoic-Phanerozoic ocean transition.",
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