Is the abrupt drowning of the Black Sea shelf at 7150yrbp a myth? (original) (raw)
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AN ABRUPT DROWNING OF THE BLACK SEA SHELF AT 7.5 Kyr BP, 1997
During latest Quaternary glaciation, the Black Sea became a giant freshwater lake. The surface of this lake drew down to levels more than 100 m below its outlet. When the Mediterranean rose to the Bosporus sill at 7.5 kyr BP, saltwater poured through this spiltway to refill the and submerge, in less than a year, more than 100,000 km2 of its exposed continental shelf.
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