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Micallef, Aaron; Camerlenghi, Angelo; Garcia-castellanos, Daniel; Otero, Daniel Cunarro; Gutscher, Marc-andre; Barreca, Giovanni; Spatola, Daniele; Facchin, Lorenzo; Geletti, Riccardo; Krastel, Sebastian; Gross, Felix; Urlaub, Morelia. |
The Messinian salinity crisis (MSC) - the most abrupt, global-scale environmental change since the end of the Cretaceous - is widely associated with partial desiccation of the Mediterranean Sea. A major open question is the way normal marine conditions were abruptly restored at the end of the MSC. Here we use geological and geophysical data to identify an extensive, buried and chaotic sedimentary body deposited in the western Ionian Basin after the massive Messinian salts and before the Plio-Quaternary open-marine sedimentary sequence. We show that this body is consistent with the passage of a megaflood from the western to the eastern Mediterranean Sea via a south-eastern Sicilian gateway. Our findings provide evidence for a large amplitude drawdown in the... |
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Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00485/59687/62765.pdf |
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Gutscher, Marc-andre; Royer, Jean-yves; Graindorge, David; Murphy, Shane; Klingelhoefer, Frauke; Aiken, Chastity; Cattaneo, Antonio; Barreca, Giovanni; Quetel, Lionel; Riccobene, Giorgio; Petersen, Florian; Urlaub, Morelia; Krastel, Sebastian; Gross, Felix; Kopp, Heidrun; Margheriti, Lucia; Beranzoli, Laura. |
Laser reflectometry (BOTDR), commonly used for structural health monitoring (bridges, dams, etc.), will for the first time be applied to study movements of an active fault on the seafloor 25 km offshore Catania Sicily. The goal of the European funded FOCUS project (ERC Advanced Grant) is to connect a 6-km long strain cable to the EMSO seafloor observatory in 2100 m water depth. Laser observations will be calibrated by seafloor geodetic instruments and seismological stations. A long-term goal is the development of dual-use telecom cables with industry partners. |
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Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00493/60430/63872.pdf |
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