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2010-06-30 Alhammoud, B., P. T. Meijer, and H. A. Dijkstra Sensitivity of Mediterranean thermohaline circulation to gateway depth: A model investigation abstract Paleoceanography n° 25 pp. PA2220, doi:10.1029/2009PA001823

2010-02-16 M. Roveri, R. Gennari, S. Lugli, V. Manzi The Terminal Carbonate Complex: the record of sea-level changes during the Messinian salinity crisis abstract GeoActa n° 8 pp. 63-78

2010-02-10 PANIERI G., LUGLI S., MANZI V., ROVERI M., SCHREIBER B.C and PALINSKA K.A. Ribosomal Rna gene fragments from fossilized Cyanobacteria identified in primary gypsum from the Late Miocene, Italy. abstract Geobiology n° 8 pp. 101-111

2010-02-10 BOURILLOT R., VENNIN E., ROUCHY J.-M., DURLET C., ROMMEVAUX V., KOLODKA C., KNAP F. Structure and evolution of a Messinian mixed carbonate-siliciclastic platform: the role of evaporites (Sorbas Basin, South-east Spain) abstract Sedimentology n° 57 pp. 477-512

2010-01-31 Gargani J., Rigollet C., Scarselli S. Isostatic response and geomorphological evolution of the Nile valley during the Messinian salinity crisis abstract Bull. Soc. Geol. Fr. n° 1, t.181 pp. 19-26

2010-01-20 Gargani J., Rigollet C., Scarselli S. Isostatic response and geomorphological evolution of the Nile valley during the Messinian salinity crisis abstract Bull. Soc. geol. Fr. n° 1, t.181 pp. 19-26

2010-01-12 W. Krijgsman, M. Stoica, I. Vasiliev, V.V. Popov Rise and fall of the Paratethys Sea during the Messinian Salinity Crisis Earth and Planetary Science Letters n° in press pp.

2009-12-10 D. Garcia-Castellanos, F. Estrada, I. Jimenez-Munt, C. Gorini, M. Fernandez, J. Verges & R. De Vicente Catastrophic flood of the Mediterranean after the Messinian salinity crisis abstract Nature n° 462 pp. 778-781

2009-10-29 J.Bartol, R.Govers Flexure due to the Messinian-Pontian sea level drop in the Black Sea abstract Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. n° 10 pp.

2009-08-01 Murphy, L.N., Kirk-Davidoff, D.B., Mahowald, N., Otto-Bliesner, B.L. A Numerical Study of the Climate Response to Lowered Mediterranean Sea Level During the Messinian Salinity Crisis abstract Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology n° 279 pp. 41-59

2009-07-21 François Bache, Jean Louis Olivet, Christian Gorini, Marina Rabineau, Juan Baztan, Daniel Aslanian, Jean-Pierre Suc Messinian erosional and salinity crises: View from the Provence Basin (Gulf of Lions, Western Mediterranean) abstract Earth and Planetary Science Letters n° Article in Press pp.

2009-06-25 Katarzyna-Maria Bison, Gerard J.M. Versteegh, Fabienne Orszag-Sperber, Jean Marie Rouchy, Helmut Willems Palaeoenvironmental changes of the early Pliocene (Zanclean) in the eastern Mediterranean Pissouri Basin (Cyprus) evidenced from calcareous dinoflagellate cyst assemblages Marine Micropaleontology n° doi: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2009.06.008 pp. pp.

2009-05-15 Loget, N., and Van Den Driessche, J., Wave train model for knickpoint migration abstract Geomorphology n° 106, 3-4 pp. 376-382

2009-04-21 Manzi V., Lugli S., Roveri M., Schreiber B.C. A new facies model for the Upper Gypsum of Sicily (Italy): chronological and palaeoenvironmental constraints for the Messinian salinity crisis in the Mediterranean abstract Sedimentology n° 56 pp. 1937–1960

2009-02-01 Govers, R. Choking the Mediterranean to dehydration: the Messinian salinity crisis Geology n° 37(2) pp.

2009-01-01 Govers, R., Meijer, P.Th., and Krijgsman, W. Regional isostatic response to Messinian salinity crisis events abstract Tectonophysics n° 463(1-4) pp. in press

2008-11-04 C. Hübscher, E. Tahchi, I. Klaucke, A. Maillard, H. Sahling Salt tectonics and mud volcanism in the Latakia and Cyprus Basins, eastern Mediterranean abstract Tectonophysics n° in press pp. in press

2008-10-17 M. Roveri, S. Lugli, V. Manzi & B.C. Schreiber The Messinian Sicilian stratigraphy revisited: new insights for the Messinian salinity crisis abstract Terra Nova n° Early View pp.

2008-10-16 M. Roveri, S. Lugli, V. Manzi & B.C. Schreiber The Messinian salinity crisis: a sequence-stratigraphic approach abstract GeoActa n° Special Publication 1 pp. 117-138

2008-01-30 Jesús M. Soria, Jesús E. Caracuel, Hugo Corbí, Jaume Dinarès-Turell, Carlos Lancis, José E. Tent-Manclús, César Viseras and Alfonso Yébenes The Messinian–early Pliocene stratigraphic record in the southern Bajo Segura Basin (Betic Cordillera, Spain): Implications for the Mediterranean salinity crisis abstract Sedimentary Geology n° 203 pp. 267-288

2008-01-16 Julien GARGANI, Isabelle MORETTI, Jean LETOUZEY Evaporite accumulation during the Messinian Salinity Crisis: The Suez Rift case abstract Geophysical Research Letters n° 35, L02501 pp. 1-6

2007-12-07 ROUCHY, J.M., CARUSO, A., PIERRE, C., BLANC-VALLERON, M.M., BASSETTI M.A. The end of the Messinian Salinity Crisis: evidences from the Chelif Basin (Algeria). abstract Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology n° 254 pp. 386-417

2007-11-13 Guido A., Jacob J., Gautret P., Laggoun-Défarge F., Mastandrea A. & Russo F. Molecular fossils and other organic markers as palaeoenvironmental indicators of the Messinian Calcare di Base Formation: normal versus stressed marine deposition (Rossano Basin, northern Calabria, Italy) abstract Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology n° 255, 3-4 pp. 265-283

2007-11-07 Hilgen, F.J., Kuiper, K., Krijgsman, W., Snel, E. and van der Laan, E. Astronomical tuning as the basis for high resolution chronostratigraphy: the intricate history of the Messinian Salinity Crisis abstract Stratigraphy n° 4 pp. 231-238

2007-10-08 Hervé Gillet, Gilles Lericolais and Jean-Pierre Réhault Messinian event in the black sea: Evidence of a Messinian erosional surface abstract Marine Geology n° Volume 244, Issues 1-4 pp. 142-165

2007-10-01 Bison, Versteegh, Hilgen & Willems Calcareous dinoflagellate turnover in relation to the Messinian salinity crisis in the eastern Mediterranean Pissouri Basin; Cryprus Journal of Micropalaeontology n° 26 (2) pp. 103-116

2007-09-01 Csato, I, Kendall, C.StG.C., Moore, P.D. The Messinian problem in the Pannonian Basin, Eastern Hungary - Insights from stratigraphic simulations abstract Sedimentary Geology n° 201 pp. 111-140

2007-07-19 Guido A., Jacob J., Gautret P., Laggoun-Défarge F., Mastandrea A. & Russo F. Molecular fossils and other organic markers as palaeoenvironmental indicators of the Messinian Calcare di Base Formation: normal versus stressed marine deposition (Rossano Basin, northern Calabria, Italy) Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology n° 255 pp. 265–283

2007-07-18 Manzi V., Roveri M., Gennari R., Bertini A., Biffi U., Giunta S., Iaccarino S.M., Lanci L., Lugli S., Negri A., Riva A., Rossi M.E. and Taviani M. The deep-water counterpart of the Messinian Lower Evaporites in the Apennine foredeep: The Fanantello section (Northern Apennines, Italy) abstract Palaeo3 n° 251 pp. 450-479

2007-05-31 Gargani, J. and Rigollet, C. Mediterranean sea level variations during the Messinian Salinity Crisis abstract Geophysical Research Letters n° vol. 34, L10405 pp.

2007-04-05 S.-M. Popescu, M.-C. melinte, J.-P. Suc, G. Clauzon, F. Quillévéré, M. Süto- Szentai Earliest Zanclean age for the Colombacci and upermost Di Tetto formations of the abstract Geobios n° 40 pp. 359-373

2007-03-25 C. Bertoni, J. A. Cartwright Major erosion at the end of the Messinian Salinity Crisis: evidence from the Levant Basin, Eastern Mediterranean abstract Basin Research n° 19 pp. 1-18

2007-01-27 KATARZYNA-MARIA BISON1, GERARD J.M. VERSTEEGH2, FRITS J. HILGEN3 & HELMUT WILLEMS1 Calcareous dinoflagellate turnover in relation to the Messinian salinity crisis in the eastern Mediterranean Pissouri Basin, Cyprus Journal of Micropalaeontology, n° 26 pp. 103-116

2006-10-20 Carnevale G., Caputo D. & Landini W. Late Miocene fish otoliths from the Colombacci Formation (Northern Apennines, Italy): implications for the Messinian 'Lago-mare' event abstract Geological Journal n° 41 pp. 537-555

2006-10-19 Meijer P. Th. A box model of the blocked-outflow scenario for the Messinian Salinity Crisis abstract Earth and Planetary Science Letters n° 248 pp. 486-494

2006-08-29 Roveri M. & Manzi V. The Messinian salinity crisis: Looking for a new paradigm? abstract Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology n° 238 pp. 386-398

2006-08-29 J. Agusti, O. Oms and J.E. Meulenkamp (Eds) Late Miocene to Early Pliocene Environment and Climate Change in the Mediterranean Area abstract Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology n° 238 pp. 1-428

2006-08-25 van der Laan, E.; Snel, E.; de Kaenel, E.; Hilgen, F. J.; Krijgsman, W. No major deglaciation across the Miocene-Pliocene boundary: Integrated stratigraphy and astronomical tuning of the Loulja sections (Bou Regreg area, NW Morocco) abstract Paleoceanography n° 21 pp. PA3011

2006-08-24 G. L. Netzeband, C. P. Huebscher, D. Gajewski The structural evolution of the Messinian evaporites in the Levantine Basin abstract Marine Geology n° 230, 3-4 pp. 249-273

2006-08-05 Loget N., Davy P., Van Den Driessche J. Mesoscale fluvial erosion parameters deduced from modeling the Mediterranean sea level drop during the Messinian (late Miocene) abstract JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH n° 111 pp.

2006-07-26 Willett S.D., Schlunegger F., Picotti V. Messinian climate change and erosional destruction of the central European Alps abstract Geology n° 34 pp. 613-616

2006-07-20 Mirko Barone, Salvatore Critelli, Emilia Le Pera, Silvio Di Nocera, Fabio Matano, and Mario Torre Stratigraphy and detrital modes of upper Messinian post-evaporitic sandstones of the Southern Apennines, Italy: evidence of foreland-basin evolution during the Messinian Mediterranean Salinity Crisis International Geology Review n° Vol. 48, No. 8 pp. 702-724

2006-06-27 Popov S. V., Shchreba I.G., L.B.Ilyina, Nevesskaya L.A., Paramonova N.P., Khondkarian S.O., Magyar I. Late Miocene to Pliocene palaeogeography of the Paratethys and its relation to the Mediterranean abstract Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology n° available online pp.

2006-06-15 Jolivet L., Augier R., Robin C., Suc J.P. and Rouchy J.M. Lithospheric-scale geodynamic context of the Messinian salinity crisis abstract Sedimentary Geology n° 188-189 pp. 9-33

2006-06-15 E. van Assen, K.F. Kuiper, N. Barhoun, W. Krijgsman and F.J. Sierro Messinian astrochronology of the Melilla Basin: Stepwise restriction of the Mediterranean–Atlantic connection through Morocco abstract Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology n° available online pp.

2006-06-15 Bertoni C. and Cartwright J.A. Controls on the basinwide architecture of late Miocene (Messinian) evaporites on the Levant margin (Eastern Mediterranean) abstract Sedimentary Geology n° 188-189 pp. 93-114

2006-05-25 Lu F.H. Lithofacies and water-body record of Messinian evaporites in Nijar Basin, SE Spain abstract Sedimentary Geology n° available online pp.

2006-05-22 Fauquette S., Suc J.P., Bertini A., Popescu S.M., Warny S., Taoufiq N.B., Perez Villa M.J., Chikhi H., Feddi N., Subally D. et al. How much did climate force the Messinian salinity crisis? Quantified climatic conditions from pollen records in the Mediterranean region abstract Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology n° available online pp.

2006-05-16 Bassetti M.A., Miculan P., Sierro F.J. Evolution of depositional environments after the end of Messinian Salinity Crisis in Nijar basin (SE Betic Cordillera) abstract Sedimentary Geology n° available online pp.

2006-05-11 Agustí J., Oms O., Furió M., Pérez-Vila M.J. and Roca E. The Messinian terrestrial record in the Pyrenees: The case of Can Vilella (Cerdanya Basin) abstract Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology n° available online pp.

2006-05-06 Kouwenhoven T.J. & van der Zwaan G.J. A reconstruction of late Miocene Mediterranean circulation patterns using benthic foraminifera abstract Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology n° available online pp.

2006-05-06 Blanc P.L. Improved modelling of the Messinian Salinity Crisis and conceptual implications abstract Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology n° available online pp.

2006-05-06 Kovar-Eder J. Kvacek Z., Martinetto E. & Roiron P. Late Miocene to Early Pliocene vegetation of southern Europe (7–4 Ma) as reflected in the megafossil plant record abstract Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology n° available online pp.

2006-05-05 Maillard A., Gorini C., Mauffret A., Sage F., Lofi J. & Gaullier V. Offshore evidence of polyphase erosion in the Valencia Basin (Northwestern Mediterranean): Scenario for the Messinian Salinity Crisis abstract Sedimentary Geology n° available online pp.

2006-05-05 Orszag-Sperber F. Changing perspectives in the concept of “Lago-Mare” in Mediterranean Late Miocene evolution abstract Sedimentary Geology n° available online pp.

2006-05-04 Cita M.B. Exhumation of Messinian evaporites in the deep-sea and creation of deep anoxic brine-filled collapsed basins abstract Sedimentary Geology n° available online pp.

2006-05-02 Pierre C., Caruso A., Blanc-Valleron M.M., Rouchy J.M. & Orszag-Sperber F. Reconstruction of the paleoenvironmental changes around the Miocene–Pliocene boundary along a West–East transect across the Mediterranean abstract Sedimentary Geology n° available online pp.

2006-05-02 Cosentino D., Federici I., Cipollari P. & Gliozzi E. Environments and tectonic instability in central Italy (Garigliano Basin) during the late Messinian Lago–Mare episode: New data from the onshore Mondragone 1 well abstract Sedimentary Geology n° available online pp.

2006-05-02 Loget N. & Van Den Driessche J. On the origin of the Strait of Gibraltar abstract Sedimentary Geology n° available online pp.

2006-04-27 Rouchy J.M. & Caruso A. The Messinian salinity crisis in the Mediterranean basin: A reassessment of the data and an integrated scenario abstract Sedimentary Geology n° available online pp.

2006-04-27 Mocochain L., Clauzon G., Bigot J.Y. & Brunet P. Geodynamic evolution of the peri-Mediterranean karst during the Messinian and the Pliocene: evidence from the Ardèche and Rhône Valley systems canyons, Southern France abstract Sedimentary Geology n° available online pp.

2006-04-19 Bertini A. The Northern Apennines palynological record as a contribute for the reconstruction of the Messinian palaeoenvironments abstract Sedimentary Geology n° available online pp.

2006-04-19 Rouchy J.M., Suc J.P., Ferrandini J. & Ferrandini M. The Messinian Salinity Crisis revisited abstract Sedimentary Geology n° Available online pp.

2006-04-19 Flecker R. & Ellam R.M. Identifying Late Miocene episodes of connection and isolation in the Mediterranean–Paratethyan realm using Sr isotopes abstract Sedimentary Geology n° Available online pp.

2006-04-19 Çagatay M.N., Görür N., Flecker R., Sakinç M., Tünoglu C., Ellam R., Krijgsman W., Vincent S. & Dikbas A. Paratethyan–Mediterranean connectivity in the Sea of Marmara region (NW Turkey) during the Messinian abstract Sedimentary Geology n° Available online pp.

2006-04-19 Jolivet L., Augier R., Robin C., Suc J.P. & Rouchy J.M. Lithospheric-scale geodynamic context of the Messinian salinity crisis abstract Sedimentary Geology n° available online pp.

2006-04-19 Braga J.C., Martìn J.M., Riding R., Aguirre J., Sànchez-Almazo I.M. & Dinarès-Turell J. Testing models for the Messinian salinity crisis: The Messinian record in Almería, SE Spain abstract Sedimentary Geology n° Available online pp.

2006-04-17 Bridget Wade and Paul Bown Calcareous nannofossils in extreme environments: The Messinian Salinity Crisis, Polemi Basin, Cyprus abstract Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology n° 233 pp. 271-286

2006-02-18 Mannaï-Tayech B. Les séries silicoclastiques miocènes du Nord-Est au Sud-Ouest de la Tunisie : une mise au point abstract Geobios n° 39 pp. 71-84

2005-12-06 Carnevale G., Landini W. and Sarti G. Mare versus Lago-mare: marine fishes and the Mediterranean environment at the end of the Messinian Salinity Crisis abstract Journal of the Geological Society n° 163 pp. 75-80

2005-11-01 Bertoni C. and Cartwright J.A. 3D seismic analysis of circular evaporite dissolution structures, Eastern Mediterranean abstract Journal of the Geological Society, London n° 162 pp. 909-926

2005-10-31 Loget N., Van Den Driessche J and Davy P. How did the Messinian Salinity Crisis end? abstract Terra Nova n° 17 pp. 414-419

2005-10-25 Meijer P. Th. and Krijgsman W. A quantitative analysis of the desiccation and re-filling of the Mediterranean during the Messinian Salinity Crisis abstract Earth and Planetary Science Letters n° 240 pp. 510-520

2005-10-20 Sakinç M. and Yaltirak C. Messinian crisis: What happened around the northeastern Aegean? abstract Marine Geology n° 221 pp. 423-436

2005-09-28 J.J. Cornée, M. Ferrandini, J.P. Saint Martin, Ph. Munch, M. Moullade, The late Messinian erosional surface and the subsequent abstract Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology n° available online pp.

2005-09-23 Ph. Munch, J.J. Cornée, G. Féraud, J.P. Saint Martin, M. Ferrandini, F. Garcia, G. Conesa, S. Roger, M. Moullade Precise 40Ar/39Ar dating of volcanic tuffs within the upper Messinian abstract Int. Journal Earth Sci. (Geol. Rundsch.) n° online first pp.

2005-09-05 G. Clauzon, J.P. Suc, S.M. Popescu, M. Marunteanu, J.L. Rubino, F. Marinescu and M.C. Melinte Influence of Mediterranean sea-level changes on the Dacic Basin (Eastern Paratethys) during the late Neogene: the Mediterranean Lago Mare facies deciphered abstract Basin Research n° 17 pp. 437-462

2005-08-15 J.M. Soria, J.E. Caracuel, A. Yébenes, J. Fernández and C. Viseras The stratigraphic record of the Messinian salinity crisis in the northern margin of the Bajo Segura Basin (SE Spain) abstract Sedimentary Geology n° 179 pp. 225-247

2005-08-05 E. Gliozzi, J. Rodriguez-Lazaro, D. Nachite, M. Martin-Rubio and R. Bekkali An overview of Neogene brackish leptocytherids from Italy and Spain: Biochronological and palaeogeographical implications abstract Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology n° 225 pp. 283-301

2005-07-01 Cosentino D., Cipollari P., Lo Mastro S. and Giampaolo C. High-frequency cyclicity in the latest Messinian Adriatic foreland basin: Insight into palaeoclimate and palaeoenvironments of the Mediterranean Lago-Mare episode abstract Sedimentary Geology n° 178 pp. 31-53

2005-06-30 Manzi V., Lugli S., Ricci Lucchi F. and Roveri M. Deep-water clastic evaporites deposition in the Messinian Adriatic foredeep (northern Apennines, Italy): did the Mediterranean ever dry out? abstract Sedimentology n° 52 pp. 875-902

2005-06-30 Sage F., Von Gronefeld G., Déverchère J., Gaullier V., Maillard A. and Gorini C. Seismic evidence for Messinian detrital deposits at the western Sardinia margin, northwestern Mediterranean abstract Marine and Petroleum Geology n° 22 pp. 757-773

2005-05-30 J. Lofi C. Gorini, S. Berné, G. Clauzon, A.T. Dos Reis, W.B.F. Ryan and M.S. Steckler Erosional processes and paleo-environmental changes in the Western Gulf of Lions (SW France) during the Messinian Salinity Crisis abstract Marine Geology n° 217 pp. 1-30

2005-04-20 Narjess El Euch-El Koundi, Serge Ferry, Jean-Pierre Suc, Georges Clauzon, Mihaela Carmen Melinte-Dobrinescu, Christian Gorini, Anissa Safra, Fouad Zargouni Messinian deposits and erosion in northern Tunisia: inferences on Strait of Sicily during the Messinian Salinity Crisis (p 41-48) abstract Terra Nova n° 21, 1 pp. 41-48

2005-03-26 Gradmann, S., Hübscher, C., Ben-Avraham, Z., Gajewski, D., Netzeband, G. Salt tectonic off northern Israel abstract Marine and Petroleum Geology n° 22(5) pp. 597-611

0000-00-01 G. L. Netzeband, C. P. Huebscher, D. Gajewski The structural evolution of the Messinian evaporites in the Levantine Basin abstract Marine Geology n° in press pp.

0000-00-01 T.J. Kouwenhoven, C. Morigi , A. Negri, S. Giunta,W. Krijgsman, J.-M. Rouchy Paleoenvironmental evolution of the eastern Mediterranean during abstract Marine Micropaleontology n° 60 pp. 17-44

0000-00-01 K.-M. Bison, G. J. M. Versteegh, F. J. Hilgen & H. Willems Calcareous dinoflagellate turnover in relation to the Messinian salinity crisis in the eastern Mediterranean Pissouri Basin; Cryprus Journal of Micropalaeontology n° Volume 26, Part 2, October 2007 pp. 103-116

0000-00-01 Govers, R., Meijer, P.Th., and Krijgsman, W. Regional isostatic response to Messinian salinity crisis events abstract Tectonophysics n° 463(1-4) pp.

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