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The Var turbidite system is a small sandy system located in the Ligurian Basin (Mediterranean Sea). It is active during present sea-level highstand and shows four types of sediment transfer processes: (1) low-density turbidity surges generated by small-scale failures (2) low-magnitude, high-frequency (yearly) hyperpycnal turbid plumes, (3) high-magnitude, less-frequent, hyperpycnal currents and (4)...
The Messinian Salinity Crisis is a dramatic event that took place between 5.96 and 5.33Ma, and resulted not only in the desiccation and reflooding of the Mediterranean but also in the deposition of 0.3–3km thick evaporites at its seafloor. There has been considerable controversy on the modes of their formation. The first-stage gypsum deposits are considered to have only formed at silled marginal basins,...
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