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Glacioeustatic control on the origin and cessation of the Messinian salinity crisis. [PDF]

Global and Planetary Change, 2016
The desiccation of the Mediterranean during the Messinian salinity crisis (MSC) is one of the most intriguing geological events of recent Earth history.
Aguirre, Julio, Civis Llovera, J., Jiménez-Moreno, Gonzalo, Pérez-Asensio, José N. (José Noel), Schmiedl, Gerhard   +4 more
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Chronology, causes and progression of the Messinian salinity crisis [PDF]

Nature, 1999
The Messinian salinity crisis is widely regarded as one of the most dramatic episodes of oceanic change of the past 20 or so million years (refs 1±3).
Hilgen, F.J., Krijgsman, W., Raffi, I., Sierro, F.J., Wilsonk, D.S.   +4 more
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Orbital and eustatic control of basin hydrology during the first stage of the Messinian Salinity Crisis

The Depositional Record
Gypsum and marls from the 15 cycles of the Messinian Yesares Member in the Sorbas Basin, SE Spain, were analysed using a multi‐isotope approach to reconstruct palaeo‐hydrological conditions of the basin and the wider Mediterranean region during the ...
Fernando Gázquez, Nicholas P. Evans, Thomas K. Bauska, Harold J. Bradbury, Alexandra V. Turchyn, María delCarmen Barroso, Alexander M. Piotrowski, José María Calaforra, David A. Hodell   +8 more
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The Messinian (Late Miocene) coral reefs in the Cabo de Gata-Níjar UNESCO Global Geopark [PDF]

Geoconservation Research, 2021
Neogene sedimentary rocks cover extensive areas of the Cabo de Gata-Níjar UNESCO Global Geopark (Almería, SE Spain) although most of the outcropping rocks are Miocene volcanics. The post-volcanic sedimentary rocks include three successive Messinian coral
Juan Braga, Jose Martin, Gloria Garcia-Hoyo, Lucia Tejero-Trueque   +3 more
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New onshore/offshore evidence of the Messinian Erosion Surface from key areas: The Ibiza-Balearic Promontory and the Orosei-Eastern Sardinian margin

BSGF - Earth Sciences Bulletin, 2020
As the Messinian sea-level draw down associated with the Messinian Salinity Crisis is still questioned, we propose to show that the widely spread erosion surface affecting the Mediterranean margins is indeed linked to an exondation demonstrated from ...
Maillard Agnès, Gaullier Virginie, Lézin Carine, Chanier Frank, Odonne Francis, Lofi Johanna   +5 more
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Limited Mediterranean sea-level drop during the Messinian salinity crisis inferred from the buried Nile canyon

Communications Earth & Environment, 2022
Sea level in the Mediterranean likely dropped only by about 600 m during the Messinian salinity crisis, 3 to 4 times less drawdown than previously believed, according to 3D-backstripping and geomorphological analyses of the buried Nile canyon, Egypt.
Zohar Gvirtzman, Hanneke Heida, Daniel Garcia-Castellanos, Oded Bar, Elchanan Zucker, Yehouda Enzel   +5 more
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The tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the Fucino Basin (central Apennines, Italy): new insights from the geological mapping of its north-eastern margin.

Journal of Maps, 2021
We present the geological map of the north-eastern margin of the Fucino Basin, which is mainly characterized by Plio-Quaternary continental deposits that show transition from deeper-water lacustrine environment, marginal lacustrine system, and fluvial ...
G. Mondati, M. Spadi, E. Gliozzi, D. Cosentino, F. Cifelli, G. P. Cavinato, M. Tallini, M. Mattei   +7 more
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Multiple long-distance dispersals accompanied by reduction of body size shaped the evolutionary history of four spurges (Euphorbia) endemic to Mediterranean islands. [PDF]

Plant Biol (Stuttg)
We highlight the importance of recent long‐distance dispersals among Euphorbia species for the colonization of Mediterranean islands, followed by a drastic reduction in plant and leaf size, consistent with the island rule. Abstract Long‐distance dispersal (LDD) followed by successful colonization influences many life‐history traits and can lead to ...
Frajman B, Riina R, Calderon DS, Schönswetter P.   +3 more
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Modelling global-scale climate impacts of the late Miocene Messinian Salinity Crisis [PDF]

Climate of the Past, 2014
Late Miocene tectonic changes in Mediterranean–Atlantic connectivity and climatic changes caused Mediterranean salinity to fluctuate dramatically, including a ten-fold increase and near-freshening.
R. F. Ivanovic, P. J. Valdes, R. Flecker, M. Gutjahr   +3 more
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Messinian or Pleistocene valley incision within the Southern Alps

Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 2020
Many of the valleys on the southern slope of the Alps are over-deepened, having bedrock valley floors well below sea level. This has typically been attributed to incision that occurred during the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) when sea level dropped by ...
Sascha Winterberg, Vincenzo Picotti, Sean D. Willett   +2 more
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