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 …

Jan 24, 2025 · In a groundbreaking study, researchers unveiled compelling evidence of the Zanclean Megaflood, a colossal event that refilled the Mediterranean Sea in mere years, …

Jan 27, 2025 · “The Zanclean megaflood was an awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, with discharge rates and flow velocities dwarfing any other known floods in Earth’s history,” Aaron …

Jan 21, 2025 · 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. …

Jan 22, 2025 · "The Zanclean megaflood was an awe-inspiring natural phenomenon dwarfing any other known floods in Earth's history," an expert said.

Jan 21, 2025 · 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, …

Jan 25, 2025 · An international team of researchers has uncovered new evidence supporting the Zanclean megaflood, a theorized event that refilled the Mediterranean Sea after the Messinian …

Feb 1, 2020 · The Zanclean (5.33 to 3.60 million year ago) is the first stage of the Pliocene and its beginning coincides with the termination of the Messinian (last stage of the Miocene). A …

Dec 10, 2009 · 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 flood 4. …

Our findings provide evidence for a large amplitude drawdown in the Ionian Basin during the MSC, support the scenario of a Mediterranean-wide catastrophic flood at the end of the MSC, …