The Messinian Sicilian stratigraphy revisited: New insights for the Messinian salinity crisis

Terra Nova

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 483-488

  Roveri, Marco ^a   Lugli, Stefano ^b   Manzi, Vinicio ^a   Schreiber, B Charlotte ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORITE; FORELAND BASIN; GYPSUM; HALITE; MESSINIAN; SALINITY; SHALLOW WATER; STRATIGRAPHY; UNCONFORMITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 56849103231     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2008.00842.x     Document Type: Article

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