The two-step scenario of the Messinian Crisis (): a specification supported by new data

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Issue		BSGF - Earth Sci. Bull. Volume 197, 2026


Article Number		2
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DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bsgf/2025021
Published online		26 January 2026

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