Pleistocene marine fish invasions and paleoenvironmental reconstructions in the eastern Mediterranean

K Agiadi, A Girone, E Koskeridou, P Moissette… - Quaternary Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Marine bioinvasions affect ecosystems in irreversible ways, creating socio-economic
problems worldwide. In particular, eastern Mediterranean marine fish faunas today are …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Depositional sedimentary facies, stratigraphic control, paleoecological constraints, and paleogeographic reconstruction of late Permian Chhidru Formation …

SK Ali, HT Janjuhah, SM Shahzad… - Journal of Marine …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Upper Indus Basin, in Pakistan's western Salt Range, is home to the Zaluch Gorge. The
sedimentary rocks found in this Gorge, belonging to the Chhidru Formation, were studied in …

Large sea surface temperature, salinity, and productivity‐preservation changes preceding the onset of the Messinian Salinity Crisis in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

I Vasiliev, V Karakitsios, I Bouloubassi… - Paleoceanography …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC; 5.97–5.33 Ma) is an enigmatic episode of
paleoceanographic change, when kilometer‐thick evaporite units were deposited in the …

Late Miocene–Early Pliocene evolution of Mediterranean gobies and their environmental and biogeographic significance

W Schwarzhans, K Agiadi, G Carnevale - Rivista Italiana di …, 2020 - riviste.unimi.it
The Lago Mare phase at the end of the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) in the Mediterranean
has long been known for the Paratethyan affinities of its biota. The taxonomic level of these …

Decoding sea surface and paleoclimate conditions in the eastern Mediterranean over the Tortonian-Messinian Transition

G Kontakiotis, E Besiou, A Antonarakou… - Palaeogeography …, 2019 - Elsevier
New sedimentological, micropaleontological and geochemical data from the Upper Miocene
pre-evaporitic sedimentary sequence of the Faneromeni section (Crete Island, eastern …

[HTML][HTML] The Messinian of Agios Myron (Crete, Greece): A key to better understanding of diatomite formation on Gavdos (south of Crete)

WJ Zachariasse, G Kontakiotis, LJ Lourens… - Palaeogeography …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Agios Myron section in the NE of the Heraklion Basin on central Crete exposes
a pre-evaporitic Messinian sequence of 24 sedimentary cycles of deep-marine …

Preliminary results based on geochemical sedimentary constraints on the hydrocarbon potential and depositional environment of a Messinian sub-salt mixed …

G Kontakiotis, V Karakitsios, JJ Cornée… - Mediterranean …, 2020 - Springer
This study details new geochemical analysis from an outcrop in Crete to improve
understanding of the hydrocarbon potential of the southern margin of the Hellenic Arc along …

[HTML][HTML] Benthic ostracoda and foraminifera from the North Adriatic Sea (Italy, Mediterranean Sea): A proxy for the depositional characterisation of river-influenced …

G Barbieri, V Rossi, SC Vaiani, BP Horton - Marine Micropaleontology, 2019 - Elsevier
We investigated the distribution of ostracoda and benthic foraminifera from the shallow (< 40
m water depth) river-influenced North Adriatic shelf. Combining faunal and environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Organic geochemical signatures of the Upper Miocene (Tortonian—Messinian) sedimentary succession onshore Crete Island, Greece: Implications for …

AG Maravelis, G Kontakiotis, S Bellas… - Journal of Marine …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The definition of pre-Messinian source rocks in the eastern Mediterranean is of paramount
importance for hydrocarbon exploration because of the ability of salt to act as a high-quality …