Messinian salinity crisis

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geological formation
gptkbp:causedBy closure of the Strait of Gibraltar
gptkbp:endDate gptkb:Zanclean_flood
about 5.33 million years ago
gptkbp:followedBy refilling of Mediterranean Sea
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Messinian salinity crisis
gptkbp:location gptkb:Mediterranean_Basin
gptkbp:mainDeposits gptkb:anhydrite
gypsum
halite
gptkbp:occurredIn gptkb:Late_Miocene
gptkb:Messinian_age
gptkbp:precededBy normal marine conditions in Mediterranean
gptkbp:relatedTo climate change
tectonic activity
gptkbp:resultedIn evaporation of Mediterranean Sea
massive salt deposits
lowering of Mediterranean sea level
gptkbp:significance major paleoenvironmental change
gptkbp:startDate about 5.96 million years ago
gptkbp:studiedBy geologists
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Miocene
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6