Flexure due to the Messinian-Pontian sea level drop in the Black Sea

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Bartol, J ^a   Govers, R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Black sea; Messinian salinity crisis; Messinian Pontian crisis; Paratethys; Regional isostasy

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049109455     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002672     Document Type: Article

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