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Age refinement of the Messinian salinity crisis onset in the Mediterranean
Vinicio Manzi,Rocco Gennari,Frits Hilgen,Wout Krijgsman,Stefano Lugli,Marco Roveri,Francisco Javier Sierro +6 more
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A revised age calibration of the Messinian salinity crisis onset in the Mediterranean at 5.971 Ma based on the recognition of an extra gypsum cycle in the transitional interval of the Perales section (Sorbas basin, Spain) and the revision of the magnetostratigraphy of the Monticino section (Vena del Gesso basin, Italy) was proposed in this paper.Abstract:
We propose a revised age calibration of the Messinian salinity crisis onset in the Mediterranean at 5.971 Ma based on the recognition of an extra gypsum cycle in the transitional interval of the Perales section (Sorbas basin, Spain) and the revision of the magnetostratigraphy of the Monticino section (Vena del Gesso basin, Italy). This age re-calibration allows to state more accurately that: (i) the interval encompassing the MSC-onset is continuous, thus ruling out any erosional feature or stratigraphic hiatus related to a major sea-level fall affecting the Mediterranean; (ii) the first gypsum was deposited during the summer insolation peak at 5.969 Ma associated with an eccentricity minimum and roughly coincident with glacial stage TG32; (iii) the MSC-onset was preconditioned by the tectonically-driven reduction of the hydrological exchanges with the Atlantic Ocean and finally triggered by glacial conditions in the northern hemisphere and by arid conditions in northern Africa.read more
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Evaporitic sedimentation in the Southeastern Anatolian Foreland Basin: New insights on the Neotethys closure
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors integrated stratigraphic, petrographic and geochemical analysis of subsurface data (wells) together with field surveys to study the sedimentation of a marginal Miocene sub-basin of the Southeastern Anatolian Foreland Basin (SEAFB; SE Turkey).
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A review of basin-wide calcareous nannofossil bioevents in the Mediterranean at the onset of the Messinian salinity crisis
Francesca Lozar,Alessandra Negri +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare the calcareous nannofossil data from six different sections across the Northern and Eastern Mediterranean area encompassing the onset of the Messinian salinity crisis.
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Pre-Zanclean end of the Messinian Salinity Crisis: new evidence from central Mediterranean reference sections
Speranta-Maria Popescu,William Cavazza,Jean-Pierre Suc,Mihaela Carmen Melinte-Dobrinescu,Nadia Barhoun,Christian Gorini +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that the sedimentary coastal prism cropping out extensively immediately below the base of the Trubi Formation in this region and correlatable with the Arenazzolo Unit in Sicily contains a fully marine micropalaeontological association of calcareous nannofossils and dinoflagellate cysts, thus pointing to both a high sea-level and marine conditions before deposition of the trubi Formation.
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Synchronous onset of the Messinian salinity crisis and diachronous evaporite deposition: New evidences from the deep Eastern Mediterranean basin
Vinicio Manzi,Rocco Gennari,Stefano Lugli,Davide Persico,Marco Roveri,Ittai Gavrieli,Zohar Gvirtzman +6 more
TL;DR: A basin-wide correlation of the pre-evaporitic succession across the deep Levant basin, based on integrated bio- and cyclostratigraphy, is presented in this article.
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Carbonate/evaporitic sedimentation during the Messinian salinity crisis in active accretionary wedge basins of the northern Calabria, southern Italy
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Jacques Laskar,Philippe Robutel,F. Joutel,Mickael Gastineau,Alexandre C. M. Correia,Alexandre C. M. Correia,Benjamin Levrard +6 more
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Chronology, causes and progression of the Messinian salinity crisis
TL;DR: The authors presented an astronomically calibrated chronology for the Mediterranean Messinian age based on an integrated high-resolution stratigraphy and tuning of sedimentary cycle patterns to variations in the Earth's orbital parameters.
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Alternate interpretation of the Messinian salinity crisis: Controversy resolved?
TL;DR: A high-resolution chronology of the Mediterranean Messinian salinity crisis is proposed in this article, where two types of evaporite deposition may be distinguished: those in marginal areas vs. those in basinal ones.
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A 180-Million-Year Record of Sea Level and Ice Volume Variations from Continental Margin and Deep-Sea Isotopic Records
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Erosional processes and paleo-environmental changes in the Western Gulf of Lions (SW France) during the Messinian Salinity Crisis.
Johanna Lofi,Johanna Lofi,Christian Gorini,Serge Berné,Georges Clauzon,A. Tadeu Dos Reis,William B. F. Ryan,Michael S. Steckler +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, seismic reflection profiles in the western part of the Gulf of Lions were used to confirm the basinward extension of the Messinian erosion and enable the mapping of distinctive seismic markers indicating Messinian Erosional Surface (or Messinian unconformity), the basin margin detrital deposits, and the deep evaporite sequence.