Messinian events in the Sorbas Basin in southeastern Spain and their implications in the recent history of the Mediterranean

JM Martín, JC Braga - Sedimentary Geology, 1994 - Elsevier
Abstract The Messinian (Late Miocene) marine stratigraphic record of the Sorbas Basin (SE
Spain) is well preserved and can be considered as being representative of the entire …

Geological structure and evolution of Majorca: Implications for the origin of the Western Mediterranean

F Sàbat, B Gelabert, A Rodríguez-Perea, J Giménez - Tectonophysics, 2011 - Elsevier
The island of Majorca forms part of the NE–SW continental Balearic Promontory, which is
surrounded by continental and oceanic extensional basins. Majorca has a basin and range …

Siliciclastic stromatolites and thrombolites, late Miocene, SE Spain

JM Martin, JC Braga, R Riding - Journal of …, 1993 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Large coarse-grained siliciclastic stromatolite and thrombolite domes, forming biostromes
and bioherms, occur in a marine fan-delta environment of Messinian age in the Sorbas …

Oolite stromatolites and thrombolites, Miocene, Spain: analogues of Recent giant Bahamian examples

R Riding, JC Braga, JM Martin - Sedimentary Geology, 1991 - Elsevier
Abstract At El Joyazo in Almeria, southeast Spain, closely packed thrombolite and
stromatolite domes of Messinian age form a bioherm 12 m thick surrounded by oolite …

Phreatic overgrowths on speleothems: a useful tool in structural geology in littoral karstic landscapes. The example of eastern Mallorca (Balearic Islands)

JJ Fornós, B Gelabert, A Ginés, J Ginés… - Geodinamica …, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
Along the eastern coast of Mallorca, many littoral caves partly filled with brackish waters
occur. The most peculiar aspect of these caves is the presence of abundant phreatic …

Microbial deposits in upper Miocene carbonates, Mallorca, Spain

C Arenas, L Pomar - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2010 - Elsevier
The Santanyí Limestone, a 30–35-m thick upper Miocene limestone succession crop**
out in Mallorca, contains abundant microbialite deposits, the shape, microstructure and …

Interplay between biotic and environmental conditions in pre-salt Messinian microbialites of the western Mediterranean (Upper Miocene, Mallorca, Spain)

P Suarez-Gonzalez, C Arenas, MI Benito… - Palaeogeography …, 2019 - Elsevier
Microbial buildups that predate the Messinian salinity crisis, including one of the few
Phanerozoic examples of 'giant'microbialites, crop out upon the island of Mallorca (W …

Plio-Quaternary strike-slip tectonics in the Central Mallorca Depression, Balearic Promontory: Land–sea correlation

A Maillard, F Raad, F Chanier, H Heida, J Lofi, G Mas… - Tectonophysics, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Balearic Promontory (Spain) is of key importance to understand the tectonic
kinematics of the westernmost Mediterranean, because its continued marine sedimentation …

Basin filling evolution of the central basins of Mallorca since the Pliocene

A Capó, C Garcia - Basin Research, 2019 - earthdoc.org
A new compilation of data from 436 drill cores using decompaction and backstrip**
techniques was used to reconstruct the basin filling history from the Pliocene until the …

The messinian salinity crisis in Mallorca: new insights for a western mediterranean stratigraphic scenario

G Mas, JJ Fornós - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) was an extraordinary geological event that
affected the whole Mediterranean region, as well as global marine circulation between 5.97 …