Onshore to offshore reconstruction of the Messinian erosion surface in Western Sardinia, Italy: Implications for the Messinian salinity crisis

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 210, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 48-60

  Cornée, Jean Jacques ^a   Maillard, Agnès ^b   Conesa, Gilles ^c   Garcia, Frédéric ^c   Saint Martin, Jean Paul ^d   Sage, Françoise ^e   Munch P ^c  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Erosion surface; Karst; Mediterranean; Messinian; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL PLAIN; CANYON; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DRAWDOWN; EROSION RATE; EVAPORITE; KARSTIFICATION; MESSINIAN; OUTCROP; PALEOSALINITY; PLATEAU; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 51349150592     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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