Mediterranean saltdomes formed after crustal movements opened the straits between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, and the Mediterranean refilled with water.
地壳运动打开了地中海和大西洋之间的海峡,地中海重新被水注满,之后形成了地中海盐丘。
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Were they saltdomes such as are common along the United States Gulf Coast, and if so, why should there have been so much solid crystalline salt beneath the floor of the Mediterranean?