A review of calcareous nannofossil astrobiochronology encompassing the past 25 million years

I Raffi, J Backman, E Fornaciari, H Pälike, D Rio… - Quaternary Science …, 2006 - Elsevier
This paper presents a review of (astrobiochronological) calibration of Recent to late
Oligocene calcareous nannofossil datum events. Biohorizons included in the paper are …

Palaeogeographic evolution of the late Miocene Rifian Corridor (Morocco): reconstructions from surface and subsurface data

W Capella, N Barhoun, R Flecker, FJ Hilgen… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Rifian Corridor was one of the Mediterranean–Atlantic seaways that
progressively restricted and caused the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC). Many key …

Patterns and average rates of late Neogene–Recent uplift of the Betic Cordillera, SE Spain

JC Braga, JM Martı́n, C Quesada - Geomorphology, 2003 - Elsevier
The facies distribution in the sedimentary units infilling a series of Neogene basins has been
used to reconstruct the relief generation and uplift across the Internal Zone of the Betic …

Late Neogene evolution of the Taza–Guercif Basin (Rifian Corridor, Morocco) and implications for the Messinian salinity crisis

W Krijgsman, CG Langereis, WJ Zachariasse… - Marine Geology, 1999 - Elsevier
Magnetostratigraphic and biostratigraphic results are presented from Neogene deposits in
the Taza–Guercif Basin, located at the southern margin of the Rifian Corridor in Morocco …

Astrochronology for the Messinian Sorbas basin (SE Spain) and orbital (precessional) forcing for evaporite cyclicity

W Krijgsman, AR Fortuin, FJ Hilgen, FJ Sierro - Sedimentary Geology, 2001 - Elsevier
The Sorbas basin of SE Spain contains one of the most complete sedimentary successions
of the Mediterranean reflecting the increasing salinity during the Messinian salinity crisis. A …

The Abad composite (SE Spain): a Messinian reference section for the Mediterranean and the APTS

FJ Sierro, FJ Hilgen, W Krijgsman, JA Flores - Palaeogeography …, 2001 - Elsevier
A high-resolution integrated stratigraphy is presented for the Abad marls of the Sorbas and
Nijar basins in SE Spain (pre-evaporitic Messinian of the Western Mediterranean). Detailed …

Cyclostratigraphy and astrochronology of the Tripoli diatomite formation (pre‐evaporite Messinian, Sicily, Italy)

Hilgen, Krijgsman - Terra Nova, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
The ongoing debate about the Messinian salinity crisis in the Mediternean is fuelled in part
by the lack of an adequate time control. The most accurate and, at the same time, detailed …

The deep-water counterpart of the Messinian Lower Evaporites in the Apennine foredeep: the Fanantello section (Northern Apennines, Italy)

V Manzi, M Roveri, R Gennari, A Bertini, U Biffi… - Palaeogeography …, 2007 - Elsevier
A possible deep-water non-evaporitic unit equivalent of the Messinian Lower Evaporites has
been recognised in the Northern Apennine foredeep. This unit, whose existence is implicitly …

The record of the Messinian salinity crisis in the Tertiary Piedmont Basin (NW Italy): The Alba section revisited

FD Pierre, E Bernardi, S Cavagna, P Clari… - Palaeogeography …, 2011 - Elsevier
The Alba succession (Tertiary Piedmont Basin, NW Italy) preserves the northernmost record
of the Messinian salinity crisis (MSC) and was deposited on the southern margin of a wide …

Inventory and quantitative assessment of geosites in Rabat-Tiflet Region (North Western Morocco): Preliminary study to evaluate the potential of the area to become a …

S Mehdioui, H El Hadi, A Tahiri, J Brilha, H El Haibi… - Geoheritage, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Rabat-Tiflet area (north-western Morocco) has a complex geological setting
and a high geodiversity, two reasons that justify the geoheritage inventory done in this work …