Abstract

Black Sea seasonal entrainment of dissolved oxygen below the chemocline results in a temporary hiatus in which an oxygen induced mass mortality of photosynthetic bacteria initiates their mass sedimentation. During their sedimentation black coloured FeS-rich granules form. The abundance of these granules in the sediments dictates their colour and microlamination pattern.

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