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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Main Authors: R. F. Ivanovic, P. J. Valdes, R. Flecker, M. Gutjahr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-03-01
Series:Climate of the Past
Online Access:http://www.clim-past.net/10/607/2014/cp-10-607-2014.pdf