GEOMETRY OF THE MALTA MESSINIAN PLATFORM - EVIDENCE FOR A MEDITERRANEAN SEA-LEVEL RISE DURING THE MESSINIAN TIMES

Authors
SAINTMARTIN JP ANDRE JP MULLER J LAPOINTE P
Citation
Jp. Saintmartin et al., GEOMETRY OF THE MALTA MESSINIAN PLATFORM - EVIDENCE FOR A MEDITERRANEAN SEA-LEVEL RISE DURING THE MESSINIAN TIMES, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes, 324(9), 1997, pp. 729-736
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518050
Volume
324
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Pages
729 - 736
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(1997)324:9<729:GOTMMP>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The Messinian carbonate platform of the Maltese islands is composed of successive sigmoidal sedimentary bodies prograding towards the ENE. T he last one includes stromatolitic layers and emergent levels. The sup erimposition of the bodies indicates successive pulse rises of the rel ative sea level. As such a setting is similar to those in other carbon ate platforms of the Mediterranean it was probably related rather thro ugh eustacy, than tectonics.