A review of the distribution, sources, genesis, and environmental concerns of salinity in groundwater

C Li, X Gao, S Li, J Bundschuh - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
Awareness concerning the degradation of groundwater quality and their exacerbating
adverse effects due to salinization processes is gaining traction, raising for adequate …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Late Permian-Triassic sedimentary evolution of the Southern Adriatic area based on wells and cores analysis

M Borrelli, E Perri, M Morsilli, S Critelli - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
Rock samples from two cores within the Triassic interval of the Puglia 1 well, were studied to
reveal the sedimentary facies and diagenesis. The Core 1 (5.048–5.056 m deep) is …

Restored topography of the Po Plain‐Northern Adriatic region during the Messinian base‐level drop—Implications for the physiography and compartmentalization of …

C Amadori, D Garcia‐Castellanos, G Toscani… - Basin …, 2018 - earthdoc.org
Abstract The Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) involved the progressive isolation of the
Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic between 5.97 and 5.33 Ma, and a sea‐level fall whose …

A bio-chronostratigraphic study of the upper Miocene from the northern Caltanissetta Basin, Sicily (core 3AGN2S04). Implications for dating the Messinian Salinity …

A Tzevahirtzian, A Caruso, F Andreetto, S Bonomo… - Sedimentary …, 2023 - Elsevier
The late Miocene deposits from core 3AGN2S04, located in the northern Caltanissetta Basin
(Sicily), display the pre-Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) and the MSC events. The present …

Sedimentary facies analysis, reservoir characteristics and paleogeography significance of the early jurassic to eocene carbonates in epirus (Ionian Zone, Western …

G Kontakiotis, L Moforis, V Karakitsios… - Journal of Marine …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Sedimentological, micropalaeontological, and marine geological results from the Early
Jurassic to Eocene carbonate formations of the Ionian zone, from six localities of Epirus …

Paleogeographic and sedimentary evolution of north calabrian basins during the messinian salinity crisis (south Italy)

M Borrelli, E Perri, D Avagliano, F Coraggio… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Rossano and Crotone basins in North Calabria represent key areas for the
study of the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) in the central Mediterranean. The integrated …

Causes and consequences of the Messinian salinity crisis

W Krijgsman, EJ Rohling, DV Palcu, F Raad… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Salt giants are massive salt deposits (hundreds of metres thick) that form during the
evaporation of semi-enclosed seas. The drivers of salt giant formation and their feedbacks …

Geochemical indicators in Western Mediterranean Messinian evaporites: Implications for the salinity crisis

J Garcia-Veigas, DI Cendon, L Gibert, TK Lowenstein… - Marine Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) led to deposition of one of the youngest saline
giant on Earth. The increasing restriction of the connections between the Mediterranean, the …

The geochemical riddle of “low-salinity gypsum” deposits

G Aloisi, L Guibourdenche, M Natalicchio… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Gypsum makes up about one fifth of giant salt deposits formed by evaporation of seawater
throughout Earth's history. Although thermodynamic calculations and precipitation …