The late Messinian erosional surface and the subsequent reflooding in the Mediterranean: New insights from the Melilla-Nador basin (Morocco)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 230, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 129-154

  Cornee J J ^a   Ferrandini, M ^b   Saint Martin, J P ^c   Munch Ph ^d   Moullade, M ^d   Ribaud Laurenti, A ^d   Roger, S ^d   Saint Martin, S ^c,e   Ferrandini, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Erosion; Late Miocene; Mediterranean; Morocco; Pliocene; Reflooding

Indexed keywords

EROSION FEATURE; FLOODING; MESSINIAN;

AFRICA; MELILLA-NADOR BASIN; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

GLOBOROTALIA PUNCTICULATA; PECTINIDAE;

EID: 29644443243     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.07.011     Document Type: Article

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