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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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Coupled measurements of δ18O and δD of hydration water and salinity of fluid inclusions in gypsum from the Messinian Yesares Member, Sorbas Basin (SE Spain)
Nicholas P. Evans,Alexandra V. Turchyn,Fernando Gázquez,Tomaso R. R. Bontognali,Hazel J. Chapman,David A. Hodell +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, one cycle (Cycle 6) of gypsum-marl deposition from the Messinian Yesares Member in the Sorbas Basin, Spain, was studied to reconstruct the changing environment of deposition and its relation to astronomically-forced climate change.
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The onset of the Messinian salinity crisis in the deep Eastern Mediterranean basin
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Sea-level and climate forcing of the Sr isotope composition of late Miocene Mediterranean marine basins
Taylor F. Schildgen,Domenico Cosentino,Gianluca Frijia,Francesca Castorina,F. O. Dudas,Annalisa Iadanza,Gianluca Sampalmieri,Paola Cipollari,Antonio Caruso,Samuel A. Bowring,Manfred R. Strecker +10 more
TL;DR: Sr isotope records from marginal marine basins track the mixing between seawater and local continental runoff, potentially recording the effects of sea level, tectonic, and climate forcing in marine fossils and sediments as mentioned in this paper.
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Persististrombus coronatus (Mollusca: Strombidae) in the lower Pliocene of Santa Maria Island (Azores, NE Atlantic): Paleoecology, paleoclimatology and paleobiogeographic implications
Sérgio P. Ávila,Carlos S. Melo,Björn Berning,Ricardo Cordeiro,Bernard Landau,Bernard Landau,Carlos Marques da Silva +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reported the occurrence of the strombid genus Persististrombus coronatus from the lower Pliocene of Santa Maria Island in the Azores Archipelago, and based on this occurrence, and on the Mio-Pliocene fossil record of the NE Atlantic oceanic islands, paleoclimatological considerations are discussed.
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Sedimentological and paleoenvironmental scenario before, during, and after the Messinian Salinity Crisis: The San Miguel de Salinas composite section (western Mediterranean)
Hugo Corbí,Jesús M. Soria,Carlos Lancis,Alice Giannetti,Jose Enrique Tent-Manclus,Jaume Dinarès-Turell +5 more
TL;DR: A composite stratigraphic section ranging from the Messinian to the Pliocene, recording the most important phases of the Messinia Salinity Crisis, is represented in the San Miguel de Salinas area (Bajo Segura basin, SE Spain) as discussed by the authors.
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Chronology, causes and progression of the Messinian salinity crisis
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Alternate interpretation of the Messinian salinity crisis: Controversy resolved?
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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.