MEDITERRANEAN PLIOCENE EVENTS IN THE SALENTO GEOLOGICAL RECORD

Marco Delle, Rose
unpublished
During the Pliocene age, the past Mediterranean sea became similar to the present and the European and African continents progressively acquired their presentday contours. The species turnover accelerated as high latitude temperatures dropped, the ice sheets gathered and the sea circulation changed their form patterns.
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