Messinian salinity crisis
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title:
Messinian salinity crisis
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The Messinian salinity crisis was a geological event during which the Mediterranean Sea went into a cycle of partial or nearly complete desiccation (drying-up) 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 below the deep seafloor of the Mediterranean Sea, which include evaporite minerals, soils, and fossil plants, show that the precursor of the Strait of Gi
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Drying-up of the Mediterranean Sea from 5.96 to 5.33 million years ago
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messinian_salinity_crisis
date created:
2005-05-11T10:49:33Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T17:20:44Z
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