Messinian Lago-Mare deposits near the Strait of Gibraltar (Malaga Basin, S Spain)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 285, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 264-276

  Guerra Merchan A ^a   Serrano, F ^a   Garces M ^b   Gofas, S ^a   Esu, D ^c   Gliozzi, E ^d   Grossi, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lago Mare; Malaga Basin; Messinian; Salinity crisis; Strait of Gibraltar; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MARINE SEDIMENT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MESSINIAN; MOLLUSC; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEONTOLOGY; SALINITY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHALLOW WATER; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS;

ANDALUCIA; MALAGA [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

BIVALVIA; CYPRIDEIS AGRIGENTINA; DREISSENIDAE; EUXINOCYTHERE; FORAMINIFERA; GASTROPODA; LOXOCONCHA; LOXOCORNICULINA DJAFAROVI; MOLLUSCA; OSTRACODA; TYRRHENOCYTHERE PONTICA;

EID: 72749096250     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.11.019     Document Type: Article

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