Modelling global-scale climate impacts of the late Miocene Messinian Salinity Crisis
Late Miocene tectonic changes in Mediterranean–Atlantic connectivity and climatic changes caused Mediterranean salinity to fluctuate dramatically, including a ten-fold increase and near-freshening. Recent proxy- and model-based evidence suggests that at times during this <i>Messinian Salinity...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2014-03-01
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Series: | Climate of the Past |
Online Access: | http://www.clim-past.net/10/607/2014/cp-10-607-2014.pdf |