In the Messinian salinity crisis (also referred to as the Messinian event, and in its latest stage as the Lago Mare event) the Mediterranean Sea went into...

completely desiccated over a period of some 600,000 years during the Messinian salinity crisis before being refilled by the Zanclean flood about 5.3 million...

North American Land Mammal Age. During the Messinian, around 6 million years ago, the Messinian salinity crisis took place, which brought about repeated...

Mediterranean Sea 5.33 million years ago. This flooding ended the Messinian salinity crisis and reconnected the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean, although...

almost completely evaporate. This event is referred to as the “Messinian salinity crisis”. Then, at the Miocene–Pliocene boundary, the Strait of Gibraltar...

(debated) episodes of sea drawdown and re-flooding known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis, which ended when the Atlantic last re-flooded the basin at the...

between the Miocene and the Pliocene is also the time of the Messinian salinity crisis. During the Late Pliocene, the Himalayas became less active in...

(the "Messinian Salinity Crisis"). As outlined in numerous studies, erosional events along the margins of the Mediterranean Basin during the Messinian timespan...

conjugate Angola/Gabon margins forming many salt domes. During the Messinian salinity crisis (Late Miocene), thick salt layers were formed as the Mediterranean...

the Mediterranean Basin and end the Messinian salinity crisis, a period about 5.96 Ma ago in the Messinian Age of the Miocene Epoch when the Mediterranean...