Mediterranean Sea level variations during the Messinian salinity crisis

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Gargani, Julien ^a,b   Rigollet, Christophe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^c GAZ DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL FLUX; MESSINIAN SALINITY CRISIS;

EROSION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS; TECTONICS;

SEA LEVEL;

EROSION; MESSINIAN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATER LEVEL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 34447498391     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029885     Document Type: Article

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