Later such layers were compacted as water was squeezed from them by the weight of overlying sediments and the water column.
(Later such layers; were compacted; T:as water was squeezed from them by the weight of overlying sediments and the water column) (water; was squeezed; from them; by the weight of overlying sediments and the water column)
Later such layers water
were compacted was squeezed
T:as water was squeezed from them by the weight of overlying sediments and the water column
from them by the weight of overlying sediments and the water column