Major erosion at the end of the Messinian Salinity Crisis: evidence from the Levant Basin, Eastern Mediterranean

Bertoni, Claudia; Cartwright, Joseph Albert

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2117.2006.00309.x

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“…The Nicosia Formation sedimentary units (Fig. 2) represent a significant shift towards deeper water facies during the Early Pliocene (Robertson et al 1991;Foucault and Mélières 2000;Bertoni and Cartwright 2007;Soria et al 2008). They comprise a complex assemblage of clastic, marine depositional facies that contain grey and yellow siltstones alternating with layers of calcarenites and marls (Stow et al 1995).…”

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Zanclean/Piacenzian transition on Cyprus (SE Mediterranean): calcareous nannofossil evidence of sapropel formation

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Quantitative analyses of calcareous nannofossils in the sediments of Pissouri South section on the island of Cyprus have produced a paleoceanographic record reflecting the paleoclimatic conditions during the Zanclean/Piacenzian transition. Pissouri South cyclical lithological alternations between organic-rich laminated layers and grey marls reflect the Earth's orbital precession. According to the calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy which has been performed, the studied section is correlated with MNN14/15 and MNN16 calcareous nannofossil biozones and is astronomically dated between 4.065 and 3.217 Ma. Intervals of increased organic carbon content, along with the positive values of Florisphaera profunda, Helicosphaera sellii, Discoaster spp. and the subsequent increase of stratification S-index, correspond to the sapropel deposition during periods of wetter climate and intense continental runoff, especially from the river Nile. These layers alternate with grey marly intervals, featured by the increased values of small placoliths of Reticulofenestra and Gephyrocapsa species, which are indicative of eutrophic conditions during intense surface-water mixing. Our data support the prevalence of a generally warm phase characterized by the absence of high-frequency climate variations in the southeastern Mediterranean during the Zanclean/Piacenzian (Early/Late Pliocene) transition.

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Zanclean/Piacenzian transition on Cyprus (SE Mediterranean): calcareous nannofossil evidence of sapropel formation

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“…1C). On regional seismic profiles, the base and top of this evaporitic unit are identified as strong continuous reflections termed BES (bottom erosion surface) and TES (top erosion surface) (Bertoni and Cartwright, 2007a;Lofi et al, 2011;Roveri et al, 2014) (Fig. 1C).…”

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Intra- to post-Messinian deep-water gas piping in the Levant Basin, SE Mediterranean

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Marine and Petroleum Geology

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“…Toward the center of the basin, the thickness decreases to less than 500 meters. Recently published high-quality aca demic two-dimensional seismic reflection data and industry three-dimensional seismic data reveal a detailed anatomy of up to six seismic sequences (ME-I to ME-VI; see Figure 2) within the basin [Netzeband et al, 2006;Bertoni and Cartwright, 2007]. Each of these six intraevaporitic sequences exposes an individual deformation pattern like folds and faults.…”

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Water basins with narrow outlets can preserve vast thicknesses of evaporites, known as salt giants, which are thought to form when marginal basins or subbasins are cut off from the main oceanic basin and the water evaporates. Sea salt precipitates and is deposited on the basin floor. They are potential frontiers for challenging research on structural, tectonic, biogenic, and fluid dynamic evolution. These structures are of global importance because they strongly affect the structural, chemical, and biological evolution of sedimentary basins.

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Major erosion at the end of the Messinian Salinity Crisis: evidence from the Levant Basin, Eastern Mediterranean

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Cited by 100 publications

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Zanclean/Piacenzian transition on Cyprus (SE Mediterranean): calcareous nannofossil evidence of sapropel formation

Zanclean/Piacenzian transition on Cyprus (SE Mediterranean): calcareous nannofossil evidence of sapropel formation

Intra- to post-Messinian deep-water gas piping in the Levant Basin, SE Mediterranean

Global look at salt giants

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