Messinian or Pleistocene valley incision within the Southern Alps
Abstract Many of the valleys on the southern slope of the Alps are over-deepened, having bedrock valley floors well below sea level. This has typically been attributed to incision that occurred during the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) when sea level dropped by hundreds of meters, leading to incisi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2020-06-01
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Series: | Swiss Journal of Geosciences |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s00015-020-00361-7 |