Messinian_Mediterranean_and_Gibraltar_-_reconstructed_landscape.jpg
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Camera location | 36° 00′ 00″ N, 5° 30′ 00″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 36.000000; -5.500000 |
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Description Messinian Mediterranean and Gibraltar - reconstructed landscape.jpg |
English:
Illustration of the presumed flood of the
Mediterranean
after its desiccation during the
Messinian salinity crisis
. If confirmed, this would be the largest documented flood in the
geological record
. The view in this image is from the southwest, with the future
British Isles
in the upper left-hand corner.
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Date | |
Source | This was uncopyrighted material since its creation, it was commanded specifically to be distributed freely in Dec. 2009, and distributed to the press at that time. It was first published in http://retosterricolas.blogspot.com/2009/12/inundacion-catastrofica-de-un.html |
Author | Roger Pibernat under supervision of Daniel Garcia-Castellanos |
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