The Primary Lower Gypsum in the Mediterranean: A new facies interpretation for the first stage of the Messinian salinity crisis

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 297, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-99

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrochronology; Evaporites; Mediterranean; Messinian salinity crisis; Primary Lower Gypsum; Selenite

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DOLOMITE; EVAPORITE; FACIES; GYPSUM; MESSINIAN; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SELENITE; SHALE;

APENNINES; CYPRUS; HELLENIC ARC; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SICILY; SPAIN;

EID: 77956872586     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.07.017     Document Type: Article

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