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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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The Messinian Salinity Crisis: Past and future of a great challenge for marine sciences
Marco Roveri,Rachel Flecker,Wout Krijgsman,Johanna Lofi,Stefano Lugli,Vinicio Manzi,Francisco Javier Sierro,Adele Bertini,Angelo Camerlenghi,Gert J. de Lange,Rob Govers,Frits Hilgen,Christian Hübscher,Paul Meijer,Marius Stoica +14 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a unifying stratigraphic framework of the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) events has been constructed, derived mainly from onshore data and observations, but incorporating different perspectives for the offshore and provides hypotheses that can be tested by drilling the deep Mediterranean basins.
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Evolution of the Late Miocene Mediterranean–Atlantic gateways and their impact on regional and global environmental change
Rachel Flecker,Wout Krijgsman,Walter Capella,César C. Martins,Evelina Dmitrieva,Jan Peter Mayser,Alice Marzocchi,Sevasti Modestu,Diana Ochoa,Dirk Simon,M. A. Tulbure,Bas C.J. van den Berg,Marlies Van der Schee,Gert J. de Lange,Rob M. Ellam,Rob Govers,Marcus Gutjahr,Frits Hilgen,Tanja Kouwenhoven,Johanna Lofi,Johanna Lofi,Paul Meijer,Francisco J. Sierro,Naima Bachiri,N. Barhoun,Abdelwahid Chakor Alami,Beatriz Chacón,José A. Flores,John Gregory,James P. Howard,Daniel J. Lunt,Maria Ochoa,Rich D Pancost,Stephen J. Vincent,M. Z. Yousfi +34 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive overview of the evolution of the Late Miocene gateways and the nature of Mediterranean-Atlantic exchange as deduced from published studies focussed both on the sediments preserved within the fossil corridors and inferences that can be derived from data in the adjacent basins.
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High-resolution strontium isotope stratigraphy of the Messinian deep Mediterranean basins: Implications for marginal to central basins correlation
TL;DR: In this paper, high-resolution stratigraphic calibration of Sr isotope data indicates that only a very thin unit (commonly < 50m) in the uppermost part of the “seismic” Upper Evaporites is characterized by the typically lower values for Sr isotopes with respect to the global Ocean which characterize stage 3 onshore successions (Lago Mare event).
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The Gibraltar Corridor: Watergate of the Messinian Salinity Crisis
Wout Krijgsman,Walter Capella,Dirk Simon,Frits Hilgen,Tanja Kouwenhoven,Paul Meijer,Francisco J. Sierro,M. A. Tulbure,Bas C.J. van den Berg,Marlies Van der Schee,Rachel Flecker +10 more
TL;DR: The existence and evolution of a Messinian salt giant in the Mediterranean Sea has caused much debate in the marine science community as mentioned in this paper, especially the suggestion that the Mediterranean was a deep desiccated basin during the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC, 5.97-5.33 Ma), triggered by a temporal disconnection from the global ocean, made it a well-known crisis beyond the scientific boundaries.
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Dense shelf water cascading and Messinian Canyons: A new scenario for the Mediterranean salinity crisis
Marco Roveri,Vinicio Manzi,Andrea Bergamasco,Francesco Marcello Falcieri,Rocco Gennari,Stefano Lugli,B. C. Schreiber +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate that the activation of downslope flows of hypersaline, dense waters, in a process similar to present-day “dense shelf water cascading,” but much more energetic, may account for both slope erosion and progressive salinity rise leading to the formation of deep-seated supersaturated brines.
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Seismic Atlas of the Messinian Salinity Crisis markers in the Mediterranean and Black Seas
Johanna Lofi,Jacques Déverchère,Virginie Gaullier,Hervé Gillet,Christian Gorini,Pol Guennoc,Lies Loncke,Agnès Maillard,Françoise Sage,Isabelle Thinon +9 more
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Astronomical tuning as the basis for high resolution chronostratigraphy: the intricate history of the Messinian Salinity Crisis
TL;DR: The Messinian Salinity crisis (MSC) in the Mediterranean resulted from a complex interplay between tectonic gateway closure and climate evolution as discussed by the authors, which can be separated into two components, one associated with dominantly pre-cession controlled regional climate change and the other with dominantially obliquity related glacial cyclicity.