Zanclean flood - Wikipedia
The Zanclean flood or Zanclean deluge is theorized to have refilled the Mediterranean Sea 5.33 million years ago. [1] This flooding ended the Messinian salinity crisis and reconnected the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean, although it is possible that even before the flood there were partial connections to the Atlantic Ocean. [ 2 ]
New evidence suggests megaflood refilled the Mediterranean Sea …
4 天之前 · 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, which lasted between 5.97 and 5.33 million years ago.
Scientists Uncover Evidence of a Colossal Megaflood That Refilled …
2 天之前 · A recent study presents strong evidence that a massive ‘megaflood’ refilled the Mediterranean Sea, bringing an end to a period when the region was largely covered by salt flats. Researchers believe this event, known as the Zanclean Megaflood, marked the conclusion of the Messinian Salinity Crisis, which lasted between 5.97 and 5.33 million ...
New Evidence Bolsters Theory of Megaflood That Refilled the ...
22 小时之前 · The researchers propose that when the Zanclean megaflood had filled the western Mediterranean and finally spilled over the Sicily Sill, the channel funneled water into the eastern parts of the sea.
Colossal "megaflood" refilled Mediterranean Sea 5 million years …
3 天之前 · The so-called Zanclean Megaflood is thought to have lasted between 2–16 years, with water flowing into the sea at a rate of 60–100 million cubic meters per second.
New evidence suggests megaflood refilled the Mediterranean Sea …
4 天之前 · The study suggests the Zanclean Megaflood ended the Messinian Salinity Crisis, which lasted between 5.97 and 5.33 million years ago. An international team of scientists, including the University ...
New evidence suggests megaflood refilled the Mediterranean Sea …
4 天之前 · More information: Aaron Micallef et al, Land-to-sea indicators of the Zanclean megaflood, Communications Earth & Environment (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01972-w Journal information ...
The Zanclean megaflood of the Mediterranean - ScienceDirect
2020年2月1日 · In this article, we summarize recent results from seismic stratigraphy and hydrological modeling assessing two predictions implied by the Zanclean flood thesis: 1) that at a few thousand cubic kilometers of rock eroded from the sills should have deposited elsewhere in the Mediterranean Sea; and 2) that flood erosion and sedimentation patterns ...
Land-to-sea indicators of the Zanclean megaflood - Nature
2024年12月28日 · The Zanclean megaflood poured water from the western to the eastern Mediterranean basin through a shallow marine corridor in south-eastern Sicily, ending the isolation of the Mediterranean Sea ...
Catastrophic flood of the Mediterranean after the Messinian …
2009年12月10日 · The Atlantic waters found a way through the present Gibraltar Strait and rapidly refilled the Mediterranean 5.33 million years ago in an event known as the Zanclean flood4.
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