The Mediterranean Sea was once a vast expanse of salt flats, known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis, which lasted for ...

The sunny Mediterranean Sea—today a very popular ... rapid flooding event refilled the sea: the Zanclean megaflood. In this new paper, the researchers describe how they have found further ...

"The Zanclean megaflood was an awe-inspiring natural ... During the Messinian Salinity Crisis, the Mediterranean Sea became isolated from the Atlantic Ocean and evaporated, leading to vast salt ...

A new study has revealed new evidence that a huge "megaflood" refilled a sea today adored by millions of tourists, ending a ...

An international team of researchers has uncovered new evidence supporting the Zanclean megaflood, a theorized event that refilled the Mediterranean Sea after the Messinian Salinity Crisis had ...

The authors also found evidence of w-shaped flood channels using seismic data and developed computer models to simulate how ...

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 ...

"It opens the door to further research along the Mediterranean margins." More information: Aaron Micallef et al, Land-to-sea indicators of the Zanclean megaflood, Communications Earth ...

The sunny Mediterranean Sea—today a very popular holiday destination—had a period long ago when it was an expansive salt flat, entirely dry. The sea may have been refilled by a gigantic "megaflood" ...