The Messinian salinity crisis in the Mediterranean basin: A reassessment of the data and an integrated scenario

Sedimentary Geology - Tập 188-189 - Trang 35-67 - 2006
J. M. Rouchy1, Antonio Caruso2
1CNRS-UMR 5143, Dept. Earth History, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CP 48, 43, rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
2Dipartimento di Geologia e Geodesia, Università di Palermo, Corso Tukory 131, 90134 Palermo, Italy

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