The Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC), which occurred between approximately 5.96 and 5.33 million years ago, represents a significant geological event in the history of the Mediterranean Sea.

Ages, epochs, periods, and even eras are often defined by some sort of geologic trauma ... and Pliocene epochs—or more specifically, the Messinian and Zanclean ages—the Mediterranean Sea ...

Mediterranean countries are some of the most-visited in the world. However, millions of years ago, the Mediterranean's ...

An international team of researchers has uncovered new evidence supporting the Zanclean megaflood, a theorized event that refilled the Mediterranean Sea after the Messinian Salinity Crisis had ...

The study suggests the Zanclean Megaflood ended the Messinian Salinity Crisis, which lasted between 5.97 and 5.33 million years ago. An international team of scientists, including the University of ...

This layer is right at the boundary between the Messinian and Zanclean periods when the megaflood is believed to have occurred. Using seismic reflection data—a kind of geological ultrasound ...

African mammals crossing the Strait of Gibraltar during the Messinian salt crisis. Credit: Paubahi / Wikimedia Commons Millions of years ago, an unprecedented geological event drastically transformed ...

The findings support the Zanclean megaflood theory, which posits that 5.33 million years ago the Messinian salinity ... By combining geological, geophysical, and numerical modelling techniques ...

The authors also found evidence of w-shaped flood channels using seismic data and developed computer models to simulate how ...

This layer is right at the boundary between the Messinian and Zanclean periods when the megaflood is believed to have occurred. Using seismic reflection data -- a kind of geological ultrasound ...