Abstract:<p><strong>5.33 Million years ago, a mile-high marine cascade terminated the Messinian Salinity Crisis</strong><strong> due to partial collapse of the Gibraltar arc/sill that isolated a largely desiccated Mediterranean from the Atlantic Ocean. Atlantic waters may have refilled the basin within 2 years</strong><strong>. Prevailing hypotheses suggest that normal marine conditions were established across the Mediterranean immediat… Show more
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