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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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Alpine deep-seated gravitational slope deformation and the Messinian Salinity Crisis
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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.