Tethyan changes shaped aquatic diversification
ABSTRACT The Tethys Ocean existed between the continents of Gondwana and Laurasia
from the Triassic to the Pliocene. Analyses of multiple biogeographic and phylogenetic …
from the Triassic to the Pliocene. Analyses of multiple biogeographic and phylogenetic …
Chronology with a pinch of salt: Integrated stratigraphy of Messinian evaporites in the deep Eastern Mediterranean reveals long-lasting halite deposition during …
Abstract The Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC; 5.97–5.33 Ma) is considered an extreme
environmental event driven by changes in climate and tectonics, which affected global …
environmental event driven by changes in climate and tectonics, which affected global …
Evolution of the Late Miocene Mediterranean–Atlantic gateways and their impact on regional and global environmental change
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 …
between oceans and seas. As a result, changes in gateway geometry can significantly alter …
Pyrite sulfur isotopes reveal glacial− interglacial environmental changes
The sulfur biogeochemical cycle plays a key role in regulating Earth's surface redox through
diverse abiotic and biological reactions that have distinctive stable isotopic fractionations. As …
diverse abiotic and biological reactions that have distinctive stable isotopic fractionations. As …
Contourites and bottom current reworked sands: Bed facies model and implications
S De Castro, FJ Hernández-Molina… - Marine Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
The differentiation of pure turbidites and contourites from mixed deposits—as the bottom
current reworked sands (BCRS)—in sedimentary cores and outcrops from the modern or …
current reworked sands (BCRS)—in sedimentary cores and outcrops from the modern or …
Organic carbon burial in Mediterranean sapropels intensified during Green Sahara Periods since 3.2 Myr ago
Dark organic-rich layers (sapropels) have accumulated in Mediterranean sediments since
the Miocene due to deep-sea dysoxia and enhanced carbon burial at times of intensified …
the Miocene due to deep-sea dysoxia and enhanced carbon burial at times of intensified …
Deciphering bottom current velocity and paleoclimate signals from contourite deposits in the G ulf of C ádiz during the last 140 kyr: An inorganic geochemical …
Contourites in the Gulf of Cádiz (GC) preserve a unique archive of Mediterranean Outflow
Water (MOW) variability over the past 5.3 Ma. In our study, we investigate the potential of …
Water (MOW) variability over the past 5.3 Ma. In our study, we investigate the potential of …
[HTML][HTML] Evolution of the gulf of Cadiz margin and southwest Portugal contourite depositional system: Tectonic, sedimentary and paleoceanographic implications from …
The contourite depositional system (CDS) along the southwestern Iberian Margin (SIM),
within the Gulf of Cadiz and offshore areas of western Portugal bear the unmistakable signal …
within the Gulf of Cadiz and offshore areas of western Portugal bear the unmistakable signal …
The Mediterranean Overflow in the Gulf of Cadiz: A rugged journey
RF Sánchez-Leal, MJ Bellanco… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
The pathways and transformations of dense water overflows, which depend on small-scale
interactions between flow dynamics and erosional-depositional processes, are a central …
interactions between flow dynamics and erosional-depositional processes, are a central …
Secondary flow in contour currents controls the formation of moat-drift contourite systems
Ocean currents control seafloor morphology and the transport of sediments, organic carbon,
nutrients, and pollutants in deep-water environments. A better connection between …
nutrients, and pollutants in deep-water environments. A better connection between …