Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>Kilometric sea level changes during the Messinian salinity crisis<br><a href="https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.ads9752" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/s</span><span class="invisible">ciadv.ads9752</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messinian_salinity_crisis" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messinia</span><span class="invisible">n_salinity_crisis</span></a></p><p>* event: Mediterranean Sea desiccation 5.9-5.3 million years ago<br>* left deep dry basin 3-5 km deep below normal sea level<br>* Messinian salts est. 1M+ cubic km</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mediterranean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mediterranean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Messinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Messinian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dessication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dessication</span></a></p>