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When less water means more fire

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Partial desiccation of the Mediterranean Sea may have boosted magmatism during the Messinian epoch.

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Figure 1: Mechanisms for enhanced volcanism in the Mediterranean during the Messinian salinity crisis.

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Olive, JA. When less water means more fire. Nature Geosci 10, 718–719 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo3040

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