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How 70% of the Mediterranean Sea was lost 5.5 million years ago

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Chlorine isotopes constrain a major drawdown of the Mediterranean Sea during the Messinian Salinity Crisis .

Sea level dropped 1.7-2.1 km and ~0.85 km in the eastern and western Mediterranean , respectively.

As a result, the Mediterranean Basin lost up to 70% of its water volume.

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