Comment on the paper "Lago Mare and the Messinian salinity crisis: Evidence from the Alboran Sea (S. Spain)" by Do Couto et al. (2014). (August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Serrano, Francisco; Guerra-Merchán, Antonio
• Is Part Of: Marine and petroleum geology. Volume 65(2015:Aug.)
• Page Start: 334
• Page End: 339
• Publication Date: 2015-08
• Subjects: Lago-Mare event -- Latest Messinian -- Earliest Pliocene -- Malaga basin -- Alboran Sea; Submarine geology -- Periodicals; Petroleum -- Geology -- Periodicals; Géologie sous-marine -- Périodiques; Pétrole -- Géologie -- Périodiques; Petroleum -- Geology; Submarine geology; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 551.468
• DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.10.006
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0264-8172

Abstract

Abstract: The stratigraphic and temporal framework of the sedimentary filling of the Messinian–Zanclean transition in Malaga basin is discussed. From this framework, the main features of an alternative model for the Lago-Mare event in the Mediterranean are outlined.