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Terrestrial colonization of the Balearic Islands: New evidence for the Mediterranean sea-level drawdown during the Messinian Salinity Crisis

2018; Geological Society of America; Volume: 46; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1130/g40260.1

1943-2682

Guillem Mas Gornals, Agnès Maillard, Josep Antoni Alcover, Joan J. Fornós, Pere Rosselló Bover, Enric Torres‐Roig,

Marine Biology and Ecology Research

Research Article| April 26, 2018 Terrestrial colonization of the Balearic Islands: New evidence for the Mediterranean sea-level drawdown during the Messinian Salinity Crisis Guillem Mas; Guillem Mas * 1Grup de Recerca Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma (Mallorca), Spain *E-mail: masgornals@gmail.com Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Agnès Maillard; Agnès Maillard 2Géosciences Environnement Toulouse–Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (GET-OMP), Université Paul Sabatier, F-31400 Toulouse, France Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Josep A. Alcover; Josep A. Alcover 3Departament de Biodiversitat Animal i Microbiana, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), E-07190 Esporles (Mallorca), Spain Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Joan J. Fornós; Joan J. Fornós 1Grup de Recerca Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma (Mallorca), Spain Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Pere Bover; Pere Bover 3Departament de Biodiversitat Animal i Microbiana, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), E-07190 Esporles (Mallorca), Spain Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Enric Torres-Roig Enric Torres-Roig 3Departament de Biodiversitat Animal i Microbiana, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), E-07190 Esporles (Mallorca), Spain Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Guillem Mas * 1Grup de Recerca Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma (Mallorca), Spain Agnès Maillard 2Géosciences Environnement Toulouse–Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (GET-OMP), Université Paul Sabatier, F-31400 Toulouse, France Josep A. Alcover 3Departament de Biodiversitat Animal i Microbiana, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), E-07190 Esporles (Mallorca), Spain Joan J. Fornós 1Grup de Recerca Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma (Mallorca), Spain Pere Bover 3Departament de Biodiversitat Animal i Microbiana, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), E-07190 Esporles (Mallorca), Spain Enric Torres-Roig 3Departament de Biodiversitat Animal i Microbiana, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), E-07190 Esporles (Mallorca), Spain *E-mail: masgornals@gmail.com Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 22 Nov 2017 Revision Received: 23 Mar 2018 Accepted: 30 Mar 2018 First Online: 26 Apr 2018 Online Issn: 1943-2682 Print Issn: 0091-7613 © 2018 Geological Society of America Geology (2018) 46 (6): 527–530. https://doi.org/10.1130/G40260.1 Article history Received: 22 Nov 2017 Revision Received: 23 Mar 2018 Accepted: 30 Mar 2018 First Online: 26 Apr 2018 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Guillem Mas, Agnès Maillard, Josep A. Alcover, Joan J. Fornós, Pere Bover, Enric Torres-Roig; Terrestrial colonization of the Balearic Islands: New evidence for the Mediterranean sea-level drawdown during the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Geology 2018;; 46 (6): 527–530. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G40260.1 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract More than 40 yr after the discovery of salt giants buried below the Mediterranean deep basin floor, debate on the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) is still continuing about whether there was a large or only moderate drawdown in base level related to the deposition of deep evaporites during its peak. In this paper, we constrain the magnitude of this sea-level drawdown during the MSC. An analysis of the late Neogene faunas of the Balearic Islands, combined with the available geostructural data, shows that a minimum of 800–1200 m drawdown would be required to allow the colonization of the Balearic Islands by new continental-terrestrial fauna during the MSC peak, which provides solid new evidence in favor of a deep desiccated basin in the Mediterranean during the MSC. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.