Late Tortonian-early Messinian stepwise disruption of the Mediterranean-Atlantic connections: Constraints from benthic foraminiferal and geochemical data

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 198, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 303-319

  Kouwenhoven, T J ^a   Hilgen, F J ^a   Van Der Zwaan, G J ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifers; Mediterranean Atlantic connections; Messinian salinity crisis (MSC); Miocene; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; GEOCHEMISTRY; MESSINIAN; PALEOSALINITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATIGRAPHY; TORTONIAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

FORAMINIFERA; FRAXINUS;

EID: 0141750467     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00472-3     Document Type: Article

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