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Old 18-October-2007, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by jlhredshift View Post
I am a little uncomfortable with anoxic burial "near shore". Any wind would provide a mixing mechanism for O2.
through a few meters of mud?

The assumptions on getting an anoxic burial require that the mixing mechanisms not apply. Things like a near shore swamp with a barrier island chain that blocks all but the largest disruptions.

You would end up with a layer of organics, that were then buried by a layer of debris from a large storm, then a layer of organics, and so on.