The Gibraltar corridor: Watergate of the Messinian salinity crisis

W Krijgsman, W Capella, D Simon, FJ Hilgen… - Marine Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
The existence and evolution of a Messinian salt giant in the Mediterranean Sea has caused
much debate in the marine science community. Especially the suggestion that the …

[HTML][HTML] Freshening of the Mediterranean Salt Giant: controversies and certainties around the terminal (Upper Gypsum and Lago-Mare) phases of the Messinian …

F Andreetto, G Aloisi, F Raad, H Heida, R Flecker… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The late Miocene evolution of the Mediterranean Basin is characterized by major changes in
connectivity, climate and tectonic activity resulting in unprecedented environmental and …

The Messinian Salinity Crisis: Past and future of a great challenge for marine sciences

M Roveri, R Flecker, W Krijgsman, J Lofi, S Lugli… - Marine Geology, 2014 - Elsevier
Forty years after the image of the Mediterranean transformed into a giant salty lake was first
conceived, the fascinating history of the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) still arouses great …

Global distribution of large submarine canyons: Geomorphic differences between active and passive continental margins

PT Harris, T Whiteway - Marine Geology, 2011 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to assess the global occurrence of large submarine canyons to
provide context and guidance for discussions regarding canyon occurrence, distribution …

Age refinement of the Messinian salinity crisis onset in the Mediterranean

V Manzi, R Gennari, F Hilgen, W Krijgsman… - Terra …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Evolution of the Late Miocene Mediterranean–Atlantic gateways and their impact on regional and global environmental change

R Flecker, W Krijgsman, W Capella… - 2015 - Elsevier
Marine gateways play a critical role in the exchange of water, heat, salt and nutrients
between oceans and seas. As a result, changes in gateway geometry can significantly alter …

Rise and fall of the Paratethys Sea during the Messinian Salinity Crisis

W Krijgsman, M Stoica, I Vasiliev, VV Popov - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2010 - Elsevier
Extremely thick evaporite units were deposited during the so-called Messinian Salinity Crisis
(MSC: 5.96–5.33 Ma) in a deep Mediterranean basin that was progressively disconnected …

Decoding the Mediterranean salinity crisis

WBF Ryan - Sedimentology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This historical narrative traces the steps to unravel, over a span of 40 years, an extraordinary
event in which 5% of the dissolved salt of the oceans of the world was extracted in a fraction …

Lithospheric-scale geodynamic context of the Messinian salinity crisis

L Jolivet, R Augier, C Robin, JP Suc, JM Rouchy - Sedimentary geology, 2006 - Elsevier
Comparison between the tectonic and palaeogeographic evolution of the Mediterranean
region from the Oligocene to the Present shows that the isolation of the Mediterranean …

A two‐step process for the reflooding of the Mediterranean after the Messinian Salinity Crisis

F Bache, SM Popescu, M Rabineau, C Gorini, JP Suc… - Basin …, 2012 - earthdoc.org
The M essinian S alinity C risis is well known to have resulted from a significant drop of the
M editerranean sea level. Considering both onshore and offshore observations, the …