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
Large-scale mass-transport deposits recording the collapse of an evaporitic platform during the Messinian salinity crisis (Caltanissetta basin, Sicily)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2021.106003
Abstract: Abstract The Messinian primary gypsum sequence, formed during the first stage of the salinity crisis in the Caltanissetta basin (Sicily), is characterized by a high degree of disruption and deformation. The primary gypsum occurs as… read more here.
Keywords: gypsum; salinity crisis; mass; primary gypsum ... See more keywords