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Paleoclimatic record of a long deep sea core from the eastern Mediterranean
- M. B. Cita, C. Vergnaudgrazzini, C. Robert, H. Chamley, N. Ciaranfi, S. D'Onofrio
- Geology
- 1 September 1977
Abstract A deep-sea core over 16 m long from the crestal area of the Mediterranean Ridge has been investigated with different techniques, including quantitative micropaleontology, stable isotopes… Expand
The base of the Zanclean Stage and of the Pliocene Series
- J. V. Couvering, D. Castradori, M. B. Cita, F. J. Hilgen, D. Rio
- Geology
- 1 September 2000
the Zanclean Stage and of the Pliocene Series brings years of controversy to an end. The boundary-stratotype of the stage is located in the Eraclea Minoa section on the southern coast of Sicily… Expand
The nature and distribution of Messinian erosional surfaces — Indicators of a several-kilometer-deep Mediterranean in the Miocene☆
- W. Ryan, M. B. Cita
- Geology
- 1 June 1978
Abstract The deep-basin desiccation model for the origin of Messinian-age Mediterranean evaporites implies two basic assumptions: 1. (1) The evaporites were in part laid down under shallow-water… Expand
Stratigraphy of Eastern Mediterranean Sapropel Sequences Recovered during DSDP Leg 42A and Their Paleoenvironmental Significance
- R. Kidd, M. B. Cita, W. Ryan
- Geology
- 1 April 1978
Tsunami-induced sediment transport in the abyssal Mediterranean Sea
- K. Kastens, M. B. Cita
- Geology
- 1 November 1981
An unusual stratigraphic unit (nicknamed “homogenite”) fills topographic lows in the complex ridge and trough bathymetry at two survey sites on the Western Mediterranean Ridge and the Calabrian… Expand
Geophysical evidence of mud diapirism on the Mediterranean Ridge accretionary complex
- A. Camerlenghi, M. B. Cita, B. D. Vedova, N. Fusi, L. Mirabile, G. Pellis
- Geology
- 1 April 1995
Mud volcanoes, mud cones, and mud ridges have been identified on the inner portion of the crestal area, and possibly on the inner escarpment, of the Mediterranean Ridge accretionary complex. Four… Expand
High-resolution biostratigraphy at the Miocene/Pliocene boundary in holes 974B and 975B, western Mediterranean
- S. Iaccarino, M. B. Cita, S. Gaboardi, G. M. Gruppini
- Geology
- 1999
Extended sedimentary sequences encompassing the Miocene/Pliocene boundary were continuously cored in the Tyrrhenian Sea (Hole 974B) and Balearic Basin (Hole 975B) during Ocean Drilling Program Leg… Expand
The Messinian Salinity Crisis in the Mediterranean
- M. B. Cita
- Geology
- 2001
Publisher Summary A dramatic change in paleogeography and paleoceanography affected the Mediterranean area in the terminal part of the Miocene Epoch, when the connections with the Atlantic were… Expand
Deep-sea tsunami deposits in the eastern Mediterranean: New evidence and depositional models
- M. B. Cita, A. Camerlenghi, B. Rimoldi
- Geology
- 1 July 1996
The tsunami wave induced by the collapse of the Santorini caldera after the Bronze age (Minoan) eruption (3500 BP) produced turbidites and large volume mega-turbidites in the abyssal plains of the… Expand
Stable isotopic fractionation, climate change and episodic stagnation in the eastern Mediterranean during the late Quaternary
- C. Vergnaud-Grazzini, C. Vergnaud-Grazzini, W. Ryan, W. Ryan, M. B. Cita, M. B. Cita
- Geology
- 1977
Fluctuations in the δ18O composition of planktonic foraminifers in eastern Mediterranean piston cores indicate cycles with amplitudes much greater than those which can be attributed alone to global… Expand