Seismic evidence for Messinian detrital deposits at the western Sardinia margin, northwestern Mediterranean

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 22, Issue 6-7, 2005, Pages 757-773

  Sage, Françoise ^a   Von Gronefeld, Gudela ^a   Déverchère, Jacques ^b   Gaullier, Virginie ^c   Maillard, Agnès ^d   Gorini, Christian ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Erosion; Messinian Salinity Crisis; Salt tectonics

Indexed keywords

MESSINIAN SALINITY CRISIS; SALT TECTONICS;

EROSION; SALT DEPOSITS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

SEISMOLOGY;

MESSINIAN; SALINITY; SEISMIC SURVEY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

SESAMUM INDICUM;

EID: 24044521337     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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