The late Miocene evolution of the Mediterranean Basin is characterized by major changes in
connectivity, climate and tectonic activity resulting in unprecedented environmental and …

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 …

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 …

Abstract The Apennines-Sicilian-Maghrebian fold-and-thrust belt originated from the
subduction of the Alpine Tethys and the later collision of drifted continental blocks against …

The Rif Belt belongs to a much larger orogen, ie the Betic-Rif-Tell orogen, which itself is part
of the still larger Mediterranean Alpine belts (Fig. 5.1; see also Chap. 1.1, Fig. 1.2). The Rif …

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 …

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 …

The Messinian salinity crisis (MSC)[Hsü et al., 1973] has deeply shaped the Mediterranean
landscape and triggered large sedimentary deposits (evaporites and clastics) in the deep …

The Alba succession (Tertiary Piedmont Basin, NW Italy) preserves the northernmost record
of the Messinian salinity crisis (MSC) and was deposited on the southern margin of a wide …

Though the late Miocene “Messinian Salinity Crisis” has been intensely researched along
the circum-Mediterranean basins, few studies have focused on the central part of the …