Deep-water clastic evaporites deposition in the Messinian Adriatic foredeep (northern Apennines, Italy): Did the Mediterranean ever dry out?

Sedimentology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 875-902

  Manzi, Vinicio ^a   Lugli, Stefano ^b   Lucchi, Franco Ricci ^c   Roveri, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apennines; Clastic evaporites; Facies analysis; Messinian salinity crisis; Sulphate evaporites

Indexed keywords

DESICCATION; EVAPORITE; FACIES ANALYSIS; MESSINIAN; SALINITY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 27844502969     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00722.x     Document Type: Review

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