The Red Sea underwent complete desiccation prior to the Messinian Salinity Crisis, but this event ended rapidly about 6.2 million years ago as a result of a catastrophic flood in the Gulf of Aden, according to an analysis of high-resolution seismic data, biostratigraphy, and strontium isotope dating.
- Tihana Pensa
- Antonio Delgado Huertas
- Abdulkader M. Afifi
