Comment on the paper 'Lago Mare and the Messinian salinity crisis: Evidence from the Alboran Sea (S. Spain)' by Do Couto et al. (2014)

The stratigraphic and temporal framework of the sedimentary filling of the Messinian–Zanclean transition in Malaga basin is discussed. From this framework, the main features of an alternative model for the Lago-Mare event in the Mediterranean are outlined.