During the Messinian salinity crisis (5.97–5.33 Ma) the Mediterranean was transformed into
the youngest salt giant in Earth history. In marginal Mediterranean subbasins, the first stage …

The formation and dissolution of salt giants impacts ocean chemistry on thousand-million
year timescales. Gypsum precipitation and weathering changes the oceanic calcium …

We present an overview of the crustal architecture of the continental margins of the oceanic
Algerian Basin in the westernmost Mediterranean Sea. During the Cenozoic, and with a …

Abstract The Sant Genís Formation is located in the NE of the Iberian Peninsula (Catalonia,
Spain) and is dated to the Priabonian (upper Eocene), being part of the evaporitic formations …

We report sedimentary microfacies analysis of Lower Cretaceous algal-laminated
limestones interbedded with siliciclastic sediments in the Junggar Basin. We use these data …

During the late Neogene, the east Mediterranean margins of the Levant went through major
morphological changes due to tectonic activity associated with the Dead Sea Transform …

Central Asia witnessed progressive aridification during the Miocene, commonly related to
mountain uplift, the Paratethys retreat and global climate cooling. However, the formation of …

Abstract The Las Minas Gypsum Unit consists of more than 100 m of alternations of gypsum,
carbonates and marls in Las Minas Basin (Betic Cordillera). Although this unit has been …

Diatomite, a rock formed by the accumulation of opaline diatom frustules, is a preferred raw
material for the manufacturing of filters. Its uniqueness relies on the high porosity and …

Widespread calcite and quartz pseudomorphs, interpreted as originally gypsum crystals,
occur within hemipelagic calci-mudstone accumulated in subtidal offshore environments in …