The sensitivity of middle Miocene paleoenvironments to changing marine gateways in Central Europe
Journal: Geology
Year: 2018

During the middle Miocene (15-12 Ma), the paleoenvironmental conditions in the Paratethys Sea of Central Europe changed from normal marine to hypersaline and from normal marine to brackish-marine conditions. These paleoenvironmental changes do not consistently correlate to global sea-level curves, indicating other driving mechanisms. Water circulation in the Paratethys strongly depended on two shallow and narrow gateways that were located in tectonically active regions. Here we combine the conse