Nature Magazine News & Views article from 1999 (PDF format) ...
Krijgsman99news&views_MedSea.pdf
New insight into the Messinian salinity crisis
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http://www.mala.bc.ca/~earles/messinian-crisis-apr03.htm
ODP leg 160, site 973 link ...
http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/160_SR/160TOC.HTM#2
A few relevant papers in the lab (no links here but you can make copies
of papers in folder in lab) ...