Catastrophic flood of the Mediterranean after the Messinian salinity crisis

Nature

Volumn 462, Issue 7274, 2009, Pages 778-781

  Garcia Castellanos, D ^a   Estrada, F ^b   Jimenez Munt I ^a   Gorini, C ^c,d   Fernandez M ^a   Verges J ^a   De Vicente, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d Sorbonne Universités   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DESICCATION; EVAPORATION; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; MOUNTAIN REGION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEISMIC DATA; TEMPORAL PERIOD; WATER FLOW;

ARTICLE; DESICCATION; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; EVAPORATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLOOD TIDE; FLOODING; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MESSINIAN; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL RISE; SHEAR STRESS; WATER FLOW;

AMAZON RIVER; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTH AMERICA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

ZANCLEA;

EID: 72049130334     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08555     Document Type: Article

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