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The formation of Mount Etna as the consequence of slab rollback

Zohar Gvirtzman
Amos Nur
Research21 Oct 1999
Nature

Volume: 401, P: 782-785
Role of dynamic topography in sustaining the Nile River over 30 million years

The path of the river Nile has been stable for as long as 30 million years, sustained by mantle convection, according to geophysical and geological evidence and geodynamic model simulations.

Claudio Faccenna
Petar Glišović
Zohar Gvirtzman
Research11 Nov 2019
Nature Geoscience

Volume: 12, P: 1012-1017
Collision, mantle convection and Tethyan closure in the Eastern Mediterranean

Closure of the Tethys Seaway marked the last connection between the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans. This Review explores how mantle convection and associated volcanic activity caused Tethys Seaway closure and discusses the implications for ocean circulation, faunal diversification and climate.

Eivind O. Straume
Claudio Faccenna
Paolo Ballato
Reviews01 Apr 2025
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Volume: 6, P: 299-317
Limited Mediterranean sea-level drop during the Messinian salinity crisis inferred from the buried Nile canyon

Sea level in the Mediterranean likely dropped only by about 600 m during the Messinian salinity crisis, 3 to 4 times less drawdown than previously believed, according to 3D-backstripping and geomorphological analyses of the buried Nile canyon, Egypt.

Zohar Gvirtzman
Hanneke Heida
Yehouda Enzel
ResearchOpen Access20 Sept 2022
Communications Earth & Environment

Volume: 3, P: 1-10

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