The Miocene: The future of the past

M Steinthorsdottir, HK Coxall… - Paleoceanography …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Miocene epoch (23.03–5.33 Ma) was a time interval of global warmth, relative
to today. Continental configurations and mountain topography transitioned toward modern …

[HTML][HTML] Freshening of the Mediterranean Salt Giant: controversies and certainties around the terminal (Upper Gypsum and Lago-Mare) phases of the Messinian …

F Andreetto, G Aloisi, F Raad, H Heida, R Flecker… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The late Miocene evolution of the Mediterranean Basin is characterized by major changes in
connectivity, climate and tectonic activity resulting in unprecedented environmental and …

The marine biodiversity impact of the Late Miocene Mediterranean salinity crisis

K Agiadi, N Hohmann, E Gliozzi, D Thivaiou… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Massive salt accumulations, or salt giants, have formed in highly restricted marine basins
throughout geological history, but their impact on biodiversity has been only patchily studied …

Morpho-structural setting of the Ligurian Sea: the role of structural heritage and neotectonic inversion

D Morelli, M Locatelli, N Corradi, P Cianfarra… - Journal of Marine …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The review of recent bathymetric and geophysical data collected in the framework of several
research and cartographic projects have allowed a detailed reconstruction of the morpho …

[HTML][HTML] Transfer zones in Mediterranean back-arc regions and tear faults

L Jolivet, A Menant, V Roche… - Bulletin de la …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Slab tearing induces localized deformations in the overriding plates of subduction zones
and transfer zones accommodating differential retreat in back-arc regions. Because the …

[HTML][HTML] The Zanclean megaflood of the Mediterranean–Searching for independent evidence

D Garcia-Castellanos, A Micallef, F Estrada… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
About six million years ago, the Mediterranean Sea underwent a period of isolation from the
ocean and widespread salt deposition known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) …

Gypsum lithofacies and stratigraphic architecture of a Messinian marginal basin (Piedmont Basin, NW Italy)

M Natalicchio, L Pellegrino, P Clari, L Pastero… - Sedimentary …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

A terminal Messinian flooding of the Mediterranean evidenced by contouritic deposits on Sicily

G van Dijk, J Maars, F Andreetto… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The evolution of marine gateways and sea straits exerts major control on bottom current
depositional systems. A well‐known interval in geological history characterized by frequent …

[HTML][HTML] High-amplitude water-level fluctuations at the end of the Mediterranean Messinian Salinity Crisis: Implications for gypsum formation, connectivity and global …

F Andreetto, R Flecker, G Aloisi, AM Mancini… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
The formation and dissolution of salt giants impacts ocean chemistry on thousand-million
year timescales. Gypsum precipitation and weathering changes the oceanic calcium …

[PDF][PDF] The Messinian on Gavdos (Greece) and the status of currently used ages for the onset of the MSC and gypsum precipitation

WJ Zachariasse, LJ Lourens - Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 2022 - research-portal.uu.nl
The Upper Tortonian and Messinian in the already classic Metochia section on Gavdos
Island (Greece) is made up of deep marine, laminated and homogeneous marls with the …