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Aspects of the Late Cenozoic Evolution of the Aegean Region

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Geological Evolution of the Mediterranean Basin

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The late Neogene to early Pleistocene history of the Aegean region was mainly defined by tectonic events, which led to large-scale, roughly contemporaneous changes in paleogeographic configurations and sedimentation conditions. The most important of these events occurred in the late Serravallian/early Tortonian, during the Tortonian-Messinian boundary interval, within the Messinian, and during the course of the Pliocene.

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  1. Department of Stratigraphy and Micropaleontology, State University of Utrecht, 3508 TA, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Meulenkamp, J.E. (1985). Aspects of the Late Cenozoic Evolution of the Aegean Region. In: Stanley, D.J., Wezel, FC. (eds) Geological Evolution of the Mediterranean Basin. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8572-1_15

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