Abstract The question of whether the Mediterranean Sea desiccated during Messinian salinity crisis (MSC) has been strongly debated for decades. In Levant Basin, this debate was recently reignited in relation to latest stage after cessation salt deposition. desiccation supporters argue that truncation—and its subsequent burial by a Messinian, clastic-rich evaporitic unit—occurred subaerially on ...

The Upper Bajocian- Lower Bathonian succession in the Kopet-Dagh Basin of NE Iran represents fluvio-deltaic to turbidite deposits. The Kashafrud Formation provides an excellent opportunity to study the interplay between deep-water sedimentation and syndepositional tectonic subsidence (or uplift) in the region. The effects of these processes caused sea-level changes, variation in depositional se...