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In conclusion, the overall evolution of the Western Mediterranean Sea area during the last 30-40 Ma can be summarised as follows ... 

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Fig. 4. Mean values of live U. mediterranea plotted versus test size from two sites on the continental slope of the western Mediterranean Sea located close to each other, but differing in the amount of organic carbon fluxes. Higher organic carbon flux and more depleted 8 C of U. mediterranea are found in Canyon Axis samples (after Schmiedl et al. 2004). Rqs and Rca give correlation coefficients of calculated logarithmic regression lines for Open Slope and Canyon Axis sites, respectively.

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