Modelling indicates that a return to fully normal marine conditions in the Mediterranean following the flooding that ended the Messinian Salinity Crisis was delayed by salt transfers and temporarily enhanced stratification.
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Camerlenghi, A. Lingering end to a salinity crisis. Nat. Geosci. 15, 688–690 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-01002-4
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