A new facies model for the Upper Gypsum of Sicily (Italy): Chronological and palaeoenvironmental constraints for the Messinian salinity crisis in the Mediterranean

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1937-1960

  Manzi, Vinicio ^a   Lugli, Stefano ^b   Roveri, Marco ^a   Charlotte Schreiber, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Facies analysis; Integrated stratigraphy; Messinian; Sicily; Upper evaporites

Indexed keywords

FACIES ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED STRATIGRAPHY; MESSINIAN; SICILY; UPPER EVAPORITES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CALIBRATION; FERTILIZERS; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SANDSTONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRATIGRAPHY;

GYPSUM;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOCENTER; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EVAPORITE; FACIES ANALYSIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GYPSUM; MESSINIAN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SANDSTONE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; UNCONFORMITY;

CALTANISSETTA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 77952670731     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01063.x     Document Type: Article

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