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===See also===
===See also===
[[Ocean anoxia]]
*[[Ocean anoxia]]
[[Mass extinction]]
*[[Mass extinction]]
[[Permian-Triassic extinction event]]
*[[Permian-Triassic extinction event]]


==References==
==References==

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The Canfield Ocean refers to the Ocean composition theorized by geologist Donald Canfield. In a seminal paper in Nature in 1998, Canfield argued that the Ocean had become partially oxic and sulfidic, causing mass extinction.[1][2]

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References

  1. ^ Canfield, D.E. (1998). "A new model for Proterozoic ocean chemistry". Nature. 396: 450–453. doi:10.1038/24839. Retrieved 2011-12-01.
  2. ^ Buick, R. (2007). "Did the Proterozoic 'Canfield Ocean'cause a laughing gas greenhouse?". Geobiology. 5.2: 97–100. doi:10.1111/j.1472-4669.2007.00110.x.