Chlorine isotopes constrain a major drawdown of the Mediterranean Sea during the Messinian Salinity Crisis

Abstract Hydrological restriction from the Atlantic Ocean transformed the Mediterranean Sea into a giant saline basin during the Messinian Salinity Crisis (5.97–5.33 million years ago). It is still unclear if the deposition of nearly one million km3 of evaporite salts during this event was triggered...

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Main Authors: G. Aloisi, J. Moneron, L. Guibourdenche, A. Camerlenghi, I. Gavrieli, G. Bardoux, P. Agrinier, R. Ebner, Z. Gvirtzman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53781-6