6 million years ago, Mediterranean was a mile-high salt field
Friday, December 20, 2013 - 13:00
in Earth & Climate
SAN FRANCISCO — About 6 million years ago, a mile-high field of salt formed across the entire Mediterranean seafloor, sucking up 6 percent of the oceans' salt.Now, new research has pinpointed when key events during the formation of that "salt giant" occurred. The new research, presented here Dec.