[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 …

Chronology with a pinch of salt: Integrated stratigraphy of Messinian evaporites in the deep Eastern Mediterranean reveals long-lasting halite deposition during …

A Meilijson, F Hilgen, J Sepúlveda, J Steinberg… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

New imaging of the salinity crisis: Dual Messinian lowstand megasequences recorded in the deep basin of both the eastern and western Mediterranean

C Gorini, L Montadert, M Rabineau - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
Through several examples we show that following sea-level fall and marginal erosion during
the Messinian salinity crisis (MSC), clastic inputs into the eastern and western …

Coralligenous banks along the western and northern continental shelf of Sardinia Island (Mediterranean Sea)

G De Falco, A Conforti, W Brambilla, F Budillon… - Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Mapping of coralligenous banks was carried out along the continental shelf of the northern
and western margin of Sardinia Island (Italy, western Mediterranean Sea) in the context of …

Seismic markers of the Messinian salinity crisis in the deep Ionian Basin

A Camerlenghi, A Del Ben, C Hübscher, E Forlin… - Basin …, 2020 - earthdoc.org
We conduct the seismic signal analysis on vintage and recently collected multichannel
seismic reflection profiles from the Ionian Basin to characterize the deep basin Messinian …

Crustal structures and salt tectonics on the margins of the western Algerian Basin (Mediterranean Region)

JI Soto, J Déverchère, MR Hudec, M Medaouri… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
We present an overview of the crustal architecture of the continental margins of the oceanic
Algerian Basin in the westernmost Mediterranean Sea. During the Cenozoic, and with a …

Messinian Salinity Crisis deposits widespread over the Balearic Promontory: Insights from new high-resolution seismic data

O Driussi, A Maillard, D Ochoa, J Lofi, F Chanier… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2015 - Elsevier
The current interpretation of the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) involves the deposition of
peripheral or marginal evaporites in onshore basins as well as the erosion of the margin and …

Magnetic field imaging of salt structures at Nordkapp Basin, Barents Sea

V Paoletti, M Milano, J Baniamerian… - Geophysical Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We show that high‐resolution aeromagnetic surveys, although rarely employed in the
research of salt structures, may be an effective and low‐cost tool for mapping diapirism. A …

Messinian evaporites and fluid flow

C Bertoni, J Cartwright - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
Thick evaporite sequences deposited in saline giant basins are traditionally viewed as
impermeable barriers to fluid flow. This paradigm has recently been challenged by …

Erosional versus aggradational canyons along a tectonically-active margin: The northeastern Ligurian margin (western Mediterranean Sea)

Q Soulet, S Migeon, C Gorini, JL Rubino, F Raisson… - Marine Geology, 2016 - Elsevier
Submarine canyons are usually described as erosive conduits incising the continental slope
through retrogressive sediment failures and active erosion by gravity flows. Only a few …