[HTML][HTML] Miocene paleoceanographic evolution of the Mediterranean area and carbonate production changes: A review

I Cornacchia, M Brandano, S Agostini - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Miocene is a key interval in the global climate evolution as well as in the geodynamic
evolution of the Mediterranean basin. Therefore, global and regional factors controlled …

Hypersalinity accompanies tectonic restriction in the eastern Mediterranean prior to the Messinian Salinity Crisis

G Kontakiotis, GA Butiseacă, A Antonarakou… - Palaeogeography …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study describes the hydroclimate evolution of the eastern Mediterranean Basin during
the early Messinian (7.2 to 6.5 Ma) time-interval based on analysis of a succession at Agios …

Geoscience studies in the Maltese Islands: a gateway to the Central Mediterranean region

S Rossi, V Vandelli… - Italian Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The location of the Maltese Islands, at the centre of the Mediterranean Sea, places them as a
reference for regional climatic, tectonic and marine processes that have affected the …

Early Miocene intensification of the North African hydrological cycle: Multi‐proxy evidence from the shelf carbonates of Malta

R Zammit, CH Lear, E Samankassou… - Paleoceanography …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract During the Miocene (23.0–5.3 Ma) North Africa experienced both humid and arid
intervals, but the underlying cause of these transitions is unknown. Earth's climate was …

[HTML][HTML] Dancing Towards the End—Ecological Oscillations in Mediterranean Coral Reefs Prior to the Messinian Salinity Crisis (Calcare di Rosignano Formation …

G Coletti, A Vimercati, FR Bosellini, A Collareta… - Geosciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
The lower Messinian Calcare di Rosignano Formation (Tuscany, Italy, 43° N) preserves one
of the youngest and northernmost examples of coral reefs in the Mediterranean. The …

Depositional mechanism of the upper Pliocene-Pleistocene shelf-slope system of the western Malta Plateau (Sicily Channel)

S Todaro, A Sulli, D Spatola, A Micallef, P Di Stefano… - Sedimentary …, 2021 - Elsevier
A high resolution seismic stratigraphic study of the western edge of the Malta Plateau
(central Mediterranean Sea) was conducted to reconstruct the depositional mechanisms of …

Stratigraphic evolution and karstification of a Cretaceous Mid‐Pacific atoll (Resolution Guyot) resolved from core‐log‐seismic integration and comparison with modern …

MS El‐Yamani, CM John, R Bell - Basin Research, 2022 - earthdoc.org
Atolls are faithful recorders helping us understand eustatic variations, the evolution of
carbonate production through time, and changes in magmatic hotspots activity. Several early …

Contributions to the malacology of Malta, vi: erroneous records of terrestrial gastropods (Helicidae, Punctidae, and Valloniidae)

DP Cilia - 2024 - um.edu.mt
Some publications from the last decade mention the presence in Malta of three terrestrial
snail species, namely Helix melanostoma Draparnaud, 1801, Paralaoma servilis …