Changing perspectives in the concept of "Lago-Mare" in Mediterranean Late Miocene evolution

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 188-189, Issue , 2006, Pages 259-277

  Orszag Sperber, Fabienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Brackish environments; Lago Mare; Mediterranean; Messinian; Neogene; Paratethys

Indexed keywords

MARINE SEDIMENT; MESSINIAN; MIOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOSALINITY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

DELLA; DREISSENIDAE; PARATETHYS; ZANCLEA;

EID: 33744899853     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.03.008     Document Type: Review

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