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The 12 pages that link to Messinian salinity crisis, each with the reason it gives.

• Mediterranean SeaRelated: It records an extreme past disruption of the sea’s connection to the Atlantic.

• MioceneBroader topic: Its salt deposits preserve evidence of an extreme shift in Mediterranean conditions.

• EvaporiteBroader topic: Its thick Mediterranean salt deposits record extreme restriction and evaporation.

• GypsumRelated: The event produced extensive gypsum layers in Mediterranean sedimentary basins.

• Strait of GibraltarRelated: Closure of the Gibraltar gateway helped trigger this extreme restriction of Mediterranean water exchange.

• NeogeneBroader topic: It shows how changing ocean gateways transformed a major Neogene basin.

• Gulf of SuezRelated: Its sea-level changes affected water connections and sedimentation in the northern Red Sea region.

• Marine geologyBroader topic: Its buried salt layers preserve an exceptional record of basin-scale geological change.

• Marine regressionBroader topic: Major drawdown of Mediterranean sea level exposed deep-basin areas during this event.

• Alboran SeaRelated: Its aftermath reshaped Mediterranean basins, including the region west of the Alboran Sea.

• GraecopithecusRelated: This regional environmental upheaval followed the fossils’ time and informs later Mediterranean biogeography.

• Dwarf elephantRelated: This much earlier event altered Mediterranean geography and helps explain long-term island histories.