GNGTS 2017 - 36° Convegno Nazionale

GNGTS 2017 S essione 3.1 539 Fig. 1 - Position map of the multichannel seismic reflection datasets used in this study. The Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) is a short-term event at the geological scale (5.96-5.32 Ma, Gautier et al. , 1994), that take place after closure of connection between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The evaporites were deposited in isolated and deep basins, reaching more than 1000 m thickness above the deep abyssal plains (Hsu et al. , 1973). The evolution,