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Título: | Limited Mediterranean sea-level drop during the Messinian salinity crisis inferred from the buried Nile canyon |
Autor: | Gvirtzman, Z.; Heida, Hanneke CSIC ORCID ; García-Castellanos, Daniel CSIC ORCID ; Bar, Oded; Zucker, E.; Enzel, Yehouda | Palabras clave: | Mediterranean Messinian salinity crisis |
Fecha de publicación: | 23-abr-2023 | Editor: | European Geosciences Union | Citación: | EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24-28 Apr 2023, EGU23-7864 (2023) | Resumen: | The extreme Mediterranean sea-level drop during the Messinian salinity crisis has been known for >50 years, but its amplitude and duration remain a challenge. Here we estimate its amplitude by restoring the topography of the Messinian Nile canyon and the vertical position of the Messinian coastline by unloading of post-Messinian sediment and accounting for flexural isostasy and compaction. We estimate the original depth of the geomorphological base level of the Nile River at ~600-m below present sea level, implying a drawdown 2-4 times smaller than previously estimated from the Nile canyon and suggesting that salt precipitated under 1-3-km deep waters. This conclusion is at odds with the nearly-desiccated basin model (>2 km drawdown) dominating the scientific literature for 50 years. Yet, a 600-m drawdown is ca. five times larger than eustatic fluctuations and its impact on the Mediterranean continental margins is incomparable to any glacial sea-level fall. | Versión del editor: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-7864 | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/346778 | Identificadores: | doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-7864 |
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