Messinian salinity crisis (Paleogeography 🦕)

The Messinian salinity crisis was an event in which the Mediterranean Sea went into a cycle of partial or nearly complete desiccation throughout the latter part of the Messinian age of the Miocene epoch, from 5.96 to 5.33 Ma. It ended with the Zanclean flood, when the Atlantic reclaimed the basin. Sediment samples from be...

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Messinian salinity crisis (Paleogeography 🦕)

The Messinian salinity crisis was an event in which the Mediterranean Sea went into a cycle of partial or nearly complete desiccation throughout the latter part of the Messinian age of the Miocene epoch, from 5.96 to 5.33 Ma. It ended with the Zanclean flood, when the Atlantic reclaimed the basin. Sediment samples from be...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messinian_salinity_crisis

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Messinian salinity crisis (Paleogeography 🦕)

The Messinian salinity crisis was an event in which the Mediterranean Sea went into a cycle of partial or nearly complete desiccation throughout the latter part of the Messinian age of the Miocene epoch, from 5.96 to 5.33 Ma. It ended with the Zanclean flood, when the Atlantic reclaimed the basin. Sediment samples from be...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messinian_salinity_crisis

#MessinianSalinityCrisis #Messinian #Paleogeography #RegionalGeology

Messinian salinity crisis (Paleogeography 🦕)

The Messinian salinity crisis was a geological event during which the Mediterranean Sea went into a cycle of partial or nearly complete desiccation throughout the latter part of the Messinian age of the Miocene epoch, from 5.96 to 5.33 Ma. It ended with the Zanclean flood, when the Atlantic reclaimed the basin. Sediment sa...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messinian_salinity_crisis

#MessinianSalinityCrisis #Messinian #Paleogeography #RegionalGeology