Vegetation climate and marine environmental reconstruction in the western Mediterranean (southern Rifian corridor, Morocco) over the Tortonian-Messinian transition

The Southern Rifian Corridor was a gateway connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean in the Late Miocene. Its rapid narrowing at the Tortonian - Messinian transition around 7.2 Ma, resulting from very intense tectonic activity, has triggered an ecological crisis well before the depositi...

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Main Authors: Soukaina Targhi, Nadia Barhoun, Naima Bachiri Taoufiq, Mohamed Achab, Abdallah Ait Salem, Mohamed Zakaria Yousfi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-12-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021026724