A two-step process for the reflooding of the Mediterranean after the Messinian Salinity Crisis

Basin Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 125-153

  Bache, François ^a,b,c   Popescu, Speranta Maria ^d   Rabineau, Marina ^e   Gorini, Christian ^a,b   Suc, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Clauzon, Georges ^f   Olivet, Jean Louis ^g   Rubino, Jean Loup ^h   Melinte Dobrinescu, Mihaela Carmen ⁱ   Estrada, Ferran ^j   Londeix, Laurent ^k   Armijo, Rolando ^d   Meyer, Bertrand ^a,b   Jolivet, Laurent ^l   Jouannic, Gwénaël ^m   Leroux, Estelle ^e,g   Aslanian, Daniel ^g   Reis, Antonio Tadeu Dos ⁿ   Mocochain, Ludovic ^o   Dumurdžanov, Nikola ^u   Zagorchev, Ivan ^p   Lesić, Vesna ^q   Tomić, Dragana ^r   Namik Cagatay M ^s   Brun, Jean Pierre ^t   Sokoutis, Dimitrios ^u   Csato, Istvan ^v   Ucarkus, Gülsen ^s   Çakir, Ziyadin ^s   more..

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^e Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^f CEREGE   (France)

^g IFREMER   (France)

^h CSTJF   (France)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEO ECOLOGY GEOECOMAR   (Romania)

^j INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^l UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^m UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

ⁿ STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^o LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^p Sts Cyril and Methodius University   (Macedonia)

^q GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

^r Geolomagnetic Institute   (Serbia)

^s ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^t UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^u VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^v Department of Geology and Environmental Science   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORITE; FLOODING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MESSINIAN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PARATETHYS; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL; SILL; SUBSIDENCE; TRANSGRESSION;

DACIC BASIN; GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; ROMANIA;

ZANCLEA;

EID: 84857779019     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2011.00521.x     Document Type: Article

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