Late Miocene Mediterranean desiccation: Topography and significance of the 'Salinity Crisis' erosion surface on-land in southeast Spain

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Riding, Robert ^a   Braga, Juan C ^b   Martín, José M ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evaporites; Mediterranean; Messinian; Miocene; Sorbas; Spain

Indexed keywords

EVAPORITE; MESSINIAN; MIOCENE;

SPAIN;

EID: 0032882956     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00115-8     Document Type: Article

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