Messinian salinity crisis
Messinian salinity crisis proper noun: a geological event, characterized by the partial desiccation of the Mediterranean basin.
Proper noun
Messinian salinity crisis
- A geological event, characterized by the partial desiccation of the Mediterranean basin.
- 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.1985, J. A. McKenzie, H. Oberhänsli, “8: Paleoceanographic expressions of the Messinian salinity crisis”, in K. J. Hsu, H. J. Weissert, editors, South Atlantic Paleoceanography, Cambridge University...
- 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.2002, Don Hallett, Petroleum Geology of Libya, Elaevier, page 259
- Synonyms:
- Messinian event, MSC
Synonyms of Messinian salinity crisis
Questions about Messinian salinity crisis
- What does Messinian salinity crisis mean?
- Messinian salinity crisis means a geological event, characterized by the partial desiccation of the Mediterranean basin.
- What part of speech is Messinian salinity crisis?
- Messinian salinity crisis is a proper noun.
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