Distinguishing climatic and tectonic signals in the sedimentary successions of marginal basins using Sr isotopes: An example from the Messinian salinity crisis, Eastern Mediterranean

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 847-854

  Flecker, R ^a,b   Ellam, R M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

87Sr 86Sr; Climate; Mediterranean; Messinian; Salinity crisis; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BASIN; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE SIGNAL; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; MESSINIAN; SALINITY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TECTONIC SETTING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032700991     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.4.0847     Document Type: Article

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