May 7, 2023 10:44 PM
About six million years ago, the Mediterranean was sealed off from the Atlantic, and over centuries it ran dry. One megaflood reversed that.
https://bigthink.com/hard-science/worlds...terranean/
KEY POINTS: The Mediterranean Sea has dried up in the past, in an event called the Messinian salinity crisis. About 5.3 million years ago, the Messinian salinity crisis came to an abrupt end in what was quite possibly the largest flood in the history of the planet. The Zanclean flood reached all the way to the eastern Mediterranean and refilled the entire sea in as little as two years... (MORE - details)
The Zanclean Megaflood Hypothesis ... https://youtu.be/wcxU5qtlPJc
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Zanclean flood 3D render ... https://youtu.be/YT6SknFxNSo
https://bigthink.com/hard-science/worlds...terranean/
KEY POINTS: The Mediterranean Sea has dried up in the past, in an event called the Messinian salinity crisis. About 5.3 million years ago, the Messinian salinity crisis came to an abrupt end in what was quite possibly the largest flood in the history of the planet. The Zanclean flood reached all the way to the eastern Mediterranean and refilled the entire sea in as little as two years... (MORE - details)
The Zanclean Megaflood Hypothesis ... https://youtu.be/wcxU5qtlPJc
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Zanclean flood 3D render ... https://youtu.be/YT6SknFxNSo