Palaeoenvironmental conditions preceding the Messinian Salinity Crisis: A case study from Gavdos Island

Geobios

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 251-265

  Drinia, Hara ^a   Antonarakou, Assimina ^a   Tsaparas, Nikolaos ^a   Kontakiotis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Diatomaceous marls; Gavdos; Messinian; Palaeoenvironment

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DIATOMITE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTREME EVENT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MESSINIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SUCCESSION;

CANEA; CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GAVDOS; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 34249693095     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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