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Controls on Messinian Lower Evaporite cycles in the Mediterranean

Date

Authors

Rohling, Eelco

Schiebel, R.

Siddall, M

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

The Messinian Salinity Crisis in the Mediterranean, 5.96-5.33 Million years ago (Ma), represents the most recent case of massive evaporite deposition throughout an ocean basin. Here we quantitatively investigate the nature of the gypsum-marl cycles withi

Keywords

Keywords: Lower Evaporites; Mediterranean; Messinian; modelling; Fertilizers; Gypsum; Level control; deposition; evaporite; gypsum; marl; Messinian; ocean basin; sea level change; Mediterranean Region; Mediterranean Sea; Strait of Gibraltar Lower Evaporites; Mediterranean; Messinian; modelling

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/82327

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.epsl.2008.08.022

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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