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MICALLEF , Aaron

Last name: MICALLEF

First name: Aaron

April 20, 2021 (v1)

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The Zanclean megaflood of the Mediterranean – Searching for independent evidence

García Castellanos, Daniel Micallef, Aaron Estrada, Ferran

About six million years ago, the Mediterranean Sea underwent a period of isolation from the ocean and widespread salt deposition known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC), allegedly leading to a kilometer-scale level drawdown by evaporation. One of the competing scenarios proposed for the termination of this environmental crisis 5.3 million...

Uploaded on: December 4, 2022
January 6, 2016 (v1)

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Tectonic expression of an active slab tear from high-resolution seismic and bathymetric data offshore Sicily (Ionian Sea)

Gutscher, Marc-André Dominguez, Stephane Mercier de Lepinay, Bernard

Subduction of a narrow slab of oceanic lithosphere beneath a tightly curved orogenic arc requires the presence of at least one lithospheric scale tear fault. While the Calabrian subduction beneath southern Italy is considered to be the type example of this geodynamic setting, the geometry, kinematics and surface expression of the associated...

Uploaded on: February 28, 2023