The Sdom evaporite formation in Israel and its relationship with the Messinian Salinity Crisis
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DOI: 10.1007/s13146-017-0410-1
Abstract: The Sdom Formation (Fm.) comprises an approximately 2 km thick sequence of evaporite sediments that Zak (The geology of Mount Sdom, Ph.D. Thesis, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, p. 208, 1967) postulated as being of early Pliocene age… read more here.
Keywords: messinian salinity; sea; sdom; formation ... See more keywords
Quantifying the Mediterranean freshwater budget throughout the late Miocene: New implications for sapropel formation and the Messinian Salinity Crisis
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DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.05.013
Abstract: The cyclic sedimentary record of the late Miocene Mediterranean shows a clear transition from open marine to restricted conditions and finally to evaporitic environments associated with the Messinian Salinity Crisis. This evolution has been attributed… read more here.
Keywords: messinian salinity; salinity; late miocene; freshwater budget ... See more keywords
A single-stage megaflood at the termination of the Messinian salinity crisis: Geophysical and modelling evidence from the eastern Mediterranean Basin
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DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2020.106337
Abstract: Abstract The Messinian salinity crisis was an extraordinary event that resulted in the deposition of kilometre-thick evaporite sequences in the Mediterranean Sea after the latter became disconnected from the world's oceans. The return to fully… read more here.
Keywords: single stage; messinian salinity; basin; salinity crisis ... See more keywords