Which mechanism causes fjords to exhibit anoxic conditions in their deep waters?

💡 Explanation

When dense, highly saline water sits at the bottom of a fjord, thermohaline stratification creates a barrier preventing oxygen replenishment from the surface because density differences resist vertical mixing. Therefore anoxic conditions develop, rather than erosion or human activities directly creating total lack of oxygen in itself, or rapid burial of organisms.

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