Messinian erosional and salinity crises: View from the Provence Basin (Gulf of Lions, Western Mediterranean)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 286, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 139-157

  Bache, François ^a,b,c,d   Olivet, Jean Louis ^b   Gorini, Christian ^c,d   Rabineau, Marina ^a   Baztan, Juan ^a   Aslanian, Daniel ^b   Suc, Jean Pierre ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

detrital deposits; erosion; Gulf of Lions; Mediterranean; Messinian; Miocene; Provence Basin; Salinity Crisis

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; SEA LEVEL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN; MESSINIAN; MIOCENE; PROVENCE BASIN; SALINITY CRISIS;

EROSION;

DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EROSION; EVAPORITE; MESSINIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSALINITY; RECONSTRUCTION; SUBSIDENCE; TRANSGRESSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PROVENCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 69549095822     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.06.021     Document Type: Article

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