Colossal 'Megaflood' Refilled Mediterranean Sea

Colossal 'Megaflood' Refilled Mediterranean Sea 5 Million Years Ago
"The Zanclean megaflood was an awe-inspiring natural phenomenon dwarfing any other known floods in Earth's history," an expert said.
Ancient Megaflood Refilled Mediterranean 5 Million Years Ago, New Study Shows
Evidence of the Zanclean Deluge, the ancient megaflood that transformed the Mediterranean Sea into what it is now, was discovered in Sicily.
New evidence suggests megaflood refilled the Mediterranean Sea five million years ago
A new study provides compelling new evidence that a colossal 'megaflood' refilled the Mediterranean Sea, ending a period during which the Med was a vast expanse of salt flats. The study suggests the Zanclean Megaflood ended the Messinian Salinity Crisis,
Massive flood refilled an empty Mediterranean Sea millions of years ago
Scientists confirm a massive flood rapidly refilled the Mediterranean, drastically reshaping landscapes and altering geography in just years.
Evidence of the Zanclean Deluge Found: The Previously Theoretical Mega-Flood of the Mediterranean 5 Million Years Ago
Millions of years ago, an unprecedented geological event drastically transformed the Mediterranean landscape. During the Messinian Salinity Crisis, which occurred between 5.97 and 5.33 million years ago,
Megaflood Refilled the Mediterranean 5 Million Years Ago
A new study provides compelling new evidence that a colossal ‘megaflood’ refilled the Mediterranean Sea, ending a period during which the Med was a vast expanse of salt flats. The study su
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Sicily's hills were 40 metres below water during Earth's megaflood
The megaflood that refilled the Mediterranean sea 5 million years ago was so huge and fast that it shaped the landscape of ...
New Evidence Suggests Megaflood Refilled the Mediterranean Sea
A new study provides compelling new evidence that a colossal ‘megaflood’ refilled the Mediterranean Sea, ending a period ...
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Sculpted by a megaflood
Not all canyons are created equal. Steep canyons with amphitheatre-shaped heads are thought to result from the activity of groundwater, on the basis of studies of such features that developed in ...
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The layer developed on the top of a bouldery gravel. This gravel is overlain by loess, which is capped by a megaflood diamict deposited during the last glaciation around 18,000 years ago. The ...
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Malta-led research team uncovers evidence of biggest flood in Earth's history
An international research team led by a Maltese marine geologist has uncovered evidence that the largest flooding event in known history happened in the Mediterranean more than five million years ago.