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

The Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC), which occurred between approximately 5.96 and 5.33 million years ago, represents a significant geological event in the history of the Mediterranean Sea.

Researchers identified geological features that point to a single massive flooding event that refilled the Mediterranean Sea ...

Mediterranean countries are some of the most-visited in the world. However, millions of years ago, the Mediterranean's ...

This layer is right at the boundary between the Messinian and Zanclean periods when the megaflood is believed to have occurred. Using seismic reflection data—a kind of geological ultrasound ...

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 of ...

African mammals crossing the Strait of Gibraltar during the Messinian salt crisis. Credit: Paubahi / Wikimedia Commons Millions of years ago, an unprecedented geological event drastically transformed ...

The findings support the Zanclean megaflood theory, which posits that 5.33 million years ago the Messinian salinity ... By combining geological, geophysical, and numerical modelling techniques ...

This layer is right at the boundary between the Messinian and Zanclean periods when the megaflood is believed to have occurred. Using seismic reflection data -- a kind of geological ultrasound ...