The Messinian Salinity Crisis in the Dardanelles region: Chronostratigraphic constraints

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 278, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 24-39

  Melinte Dobrinescu, Mihaela Carmen ^a   Suc, Jean Pierre ^b   Clauzon, Georges ^c   Popescu, Speranta Maria ^b   Armijo, Rolando ^d   Meyer, Bertrand ^e   Biltekin, Demet ^f   Çaǧatay, M Namik ^f   Ucarkus, Gülsen ^f   Jouannic, Gwénaël ^e   Fauquette, Séverine ^g   Çakir, Ziyadin ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEO ECOLOGY GEOECOMAR   (Romania)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CEREGE   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannoplankton; Chronostratigraphy; Messinian Salinity Crisis; NE Aegean region; Palaeogeography

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MESSINIAN; NANOPLANKTON; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; POLLEN; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTATION; SUBMARINE CANYON;

CANAKKALE; DARDANELLES; EURASIA; TURKEY;

DINOPHYCEAE; PARATETHYS; ZANCLEA;

EID: 67349268399     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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