Messinian salinity crisis regulated by competing tectonics and erosion at the Gibraltar arc

D. Garcia-Castellanos () and A. Villaseñor
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D. Garcia-Castellanos: Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra Jaume Almera, CSIC, Solé i Sabarís s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
A. Villaseñor: Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra Jaume Almera, CSIC, Solé i Sabarís s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

Nature, 2011, vol. 480, issue 7377, 359-363

Abstract: The persistent, shallow connection between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea that caused the Messinian salinity crisis may have been sustained by a balance between tectonic uplift and erosion due to inflow.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1038/nature10651

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