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New constraints on the Messinian salinity crisis from the north-eastern Ibiza island event records by Carine Lézin; Agnès Maillard; Francis Odonne; Francisco J. Sierro; Frank Chanier; Virginie Gaullier; Gary Colinet; Luis J. Chueca; Valérie Chavagnac; Fadl Raad is a Earth and Planetary Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.
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In order to better constrain the chronology of the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) onland and to provide new observations on the stratigraphic position of the Messinian erosional surface as well as evidence for continentalization, we have studied the Mio-Pleistocene succession of the island of Ibiza, ideally located in a strategic position between the peripheral Messinian basins of south-eastern Spain and the MSC-related gypsum of the Palma Basin (Mallorca). Five lithological units are identified and compared with those known from the island of Mallorca. The equivalent of the “reef” unit, mainly Tortonian in age, is composed of median to inner ramp facies. It is overlain by coastal alluvial fans set up under extensive tectonic control, and then by a carbonate unit rich in oolites and microbialites attributed to the Terminal Carbonate Complex (TCC) of Messinian age. The overlying red clays fossilizing paleosols express a continentalization phase at the end of the Miocene. This regressive episode is evidenced by karstification and erosion incising the pre-crisis units and shaping valleys connected to submarine canyons. The erosion surface is linked to the acme of the MSC, a major sea
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- Author
- Carine Lézin; Agnès Maillard; Francis Odonne; Francisco J. Sierro; Frank Chanier; Virginie Gaullier; Gary Colinet; Luis J. Chueca; Valérie Chavagnac; Fadl Raad
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Earth and Planetary Sciences (Physical Sciences)