We suggest that publication of evidence that the continental rise of the western North Atlantic
has been shaped by bottom currents flowing parallel to bathymetric contours (Heezen …

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

articles Page 1 Nature Vol. 267 2 June 1977 399 articles History of the Mediterranean
salinity crisis Kenneth J. Hsii Geological Institute, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland Lucien …

An analysis of Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) cores indicates quantitative relations
between sedimentation rate and total organic carbon content in fine-grained ancient marine …

ABSTRACT The Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 161 drilled in the Western
Mediterranean Sea (May–June, 1995) to investigate outstanding processes in the origin and …

Comparisons of carbon isotopic data on benthic foraminifera from Deep Sea Drilling Project
sites 502 (western Caribbean) and 503 (eastern Pacific) indicate that the difference between …

Abstract The Western Mediterranean Sea is explained as a marginal basin, generated by a
N-NW subduction of the African—Apulian plates beneath the European plate. Following an …

This paper presents a synthesis of Holocene to Late Paleozoic marine and land evidence
from the easternmost Mediterranean area, in the light of recent ODP Leg 160 drilling results …

Calcareous nannofossils are becoming increasingly important in Mesozoic biostratigraphy
due to their great abundance and ease of preparation. Paleoenvironmental restriction and …

The deep-basin desiccation model for the origin of Messinian-age Mediterranean evaporites
implies two basic assumptions: 1.(1) The evaporites were in part laid down under shallow …