Uncover the Zanclean Megaflood, a catastrophic event 5 million years ago that dramatically reshaped the Mediterranean, ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

leaving lasting imprints on the geological record," he added. Until recently, scientists believed that the dry period of the Messinian salinity crisis ended gradually over a period of 10,000 years.