FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI The late Messinian event: a worldwide tectonic revolution BT AF LEROUX, Estelle ASLANIAN, Daniel RABINEAU, Marina PELLEN, Romain MOULIN, Maryline AS 1:1;2:1;3:2;4:2;5:1; FF 1:PDG-REM-GM-LGS;2:PDG-REM-GM-LGS;3:;4:;5:PDG-REM-GM-LGS; C1 IFREMER, ZI Pointe Diable, Plouzane, France. CNRS, LGO, UBO, UBS,UMR6538, Plouzane, France. C2 IFREMER, FRANCE CNRS, FRANCE SI BREST SE PDG-REM-GM-LGS UM LGO IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france IF 2.464 TC 14 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00422/53362/54204.pdf LA English DT Article AB A review of geological and geophysical observations points towards a worldwide kinematic change at around 6 Ma. The synchronicity of many manifestations (tectonics, magmatism, kinematics, ecological events, among others) at ~6 Ma, similar to those recognized from time to time on the geological timescale, argues for a global geodynamic event that has led to many regional consequences on Earth's surface. In particular, we propose that this global event was the main trigger for the three fold increase in sediment deposits in the world ocean over the last ~5 Ma, but also for the onset of the Messinian Salinity Crisis in the Mediterranean area, one of the most severe ecological crises in the Earth's history. We suggest this Messinian revolution to be the last occurrence of cyclic successions of global events. PY 2018 PD JUL SO Terra Nova SN 0954-4879 PU Wiley VL 30 IS 3 UT 000431507500005 BP 207 EP 214 DI 10.1111/ter.12327 ID 53362 ER EF