Gypsum Formation during the Messinian Salinity Crisis: an Alternative Model

Arjen Grothe1, Wout Krijgsman2, Francesca Sangiorgi1, Iuliana Vasiliev3, Chris van Baak1, Mariette Wolthers4, Marius Stoica5, Gert-Jan Reichart1,6 and Gareth Davies7, (1)Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands, (2)Utrecht University, Paleomagnetic Laboratory “Fort Hoofddijk”, Utrecht, Netherlands, (3)Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Frankfurt am Main, Germany, (4)Utrecht University, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands, (5)University of Bucharest, Department of Geology, Bucharest, Romania, (6)Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Den Burg, Netherlands, (7)VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands