Fig. 4: Reconstructed eastern Mediterranean during the terminal Messinian salinity crisis.
From: Late Miocene Euphrates River drained into a partially desiccated eastern Mediterranean
View to the north-northeast at ~200-km altitude showing partial basin-wide desiccation at ~5.35 Ma. The Handere was deposited north of Cyprus, whereas the Nahr Menashe and Abu Madi accumulated south of the Eratosthenes Seamount. Note the proximity of the Palaeo-Euphrates and Palaeo-Nile rivers. The palaeogeographic model integrates published data and this study to constrain onshore–offshore palaeo-elevations21,41 and delineate facies6,7,12,13,42. Inset map created in ArcGIS Pro 3.0.2 with data from Google. Credit: reconstruction, Lina Jakaitė and Andrew S. Madof.
