A numerical study of the climate response to lowered Mediterranean Sea level during the Messinian Salinity Crisis

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 279, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 41-59

  Murphy, Lisa N ^a   Kirk Davidoff, Daniel B ^a   Mahowald, Natalie ^b,c   Otto Bliesner, Bette L ^c  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Hydrological budget; Late Miocene; Mediterranean Sea; Messinian; Messinian Salinity Crisis; Palaeoclimatology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; BASIN; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESICCATION; EVAPORATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; JET STREAM; MESSINIAN; PALEOCLIMATE; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 67549103654     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.04.016     Document Type: Article

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