Messinian salinity crisis

English Proper noun en geology A geological event, characterized by the partial desiccation of the Mediterranean basin. en Messinian event MSC en 1985 J. A. McKenzie; H. Oberhänsli 8: Paleoceanographic expressions of the Messinian salinity crisis K. J. Hsu; H. J. Weissert South Atlantic Paleoceanography w:Cambridge University Press https://books.google.com.au/books?id=mbypZ2MKwBkC&pg=PA100&dq=%22Messinian+salinity+crisis%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwif_ZaJyO78AhWyuJUCHW1iC_EQ6AF6BAgIEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Messinian%20salinity%20crisis%22&f=false 100 Our isotopic and sedimentologic correlations demonstrate that the latest Miocene expansion of the West Antarctic ice sheet preceded and most likely precipitated the Messinian salinity crisis. en 2002 Don Hallett Petroleum Geology of Libya Elaevier https://books.google.com.au/books?id=g-QXQ_UH884C&pg=PA259&dq=%22Messinian+salinity+crisis%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwif_ZaJyO78AhWyuJUCHW1iC_EQ6AF6BAglEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Messinian%20salinity%20crisis%22&f=false 259 It is an evaporitic and carbonate unit which marks a peripheral manifestation of the Messinian salinity crisis, during which huge volumes of evaporites were produced in the deep Mediterranean basins. en 2018 w:Tim Flannery Europe: A Natural History 129 A research program found that the great drying commenced about six million years ago during the Messinian age, the last stage of the Miocene. Known as the Messinian salinity crisis, it resulted from the clockwise rotation of Africa, which closed the Strait of Gibraltar and isolated the Mediterranean from the Atlantic Ocean. 2022, David Bice, Enrico Tavarnelli, 8: The influence of the Messinian salinity crisis on the tectonic evolution of the Northern Apennines, Christian Koeberl, Philippe Claeys, Alessandro Montanari (editors), From the Guajira Desert to the Apennines, and from Mediterranean Microplates to the Mexican Killer Asteroid, Geological Society of America, Special Paper 557, page 115, The Messinian salinity crisis (5.85–5.35 Ma) represents a nearly unprecedented unloading and loading event. During the Messinian Salinity Crisis, two important things happened in terms of surface load changes—the accumulation of thick evaporites represent a load addition, while the desiccation of the Mediterranean represents a load subtraction. Translations geological event French: fr crise de salinité messinienne f German: de Messinische Salinitätskrise f Italian: it crisi di salinità del Messiniano f, it evento messiniano m See also en Lago Mare event Further reading Messinian evaporite