Black Sea deluge hypothesis - Wikipedia
The Black Sea deluge is the best known of three hypothetical flood scenarios proposed for the Late Quaternary history of the Black Sea. One other flood scenario proposes a rapid, even catastrophic, rise in sea level of the Black Sea.
Evidence for a Flood | Smithsonian
Apr 1, 2000 · SCIENCE. Evidence for a Flood. Sediment layers suggest that 7,500 years ago Mediterranean water roared into the Black Sea. James Trefil. April 1, 2000. This SeaWiFS view reveals the colourful...
A Victim of the Black Sea Flood Found | Science - AAAS
Sep 22, 2000 · Have deep-sea explorers uncovered the drowned dwelling of some of Noah's less fortunate contemporaries? Archaeologists are mulling over tantalizing images of what appears to have been a house of wood and mud littered with human artifacts now …
The Rocks Don't Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah's Flood
Aug 1, 2012 · In that catastrophic event, rapid sea-level rise caused the Mediterranean to overflow into what was then a low-lying freshwater lake, inundating some of the earliest farming communities.
Noah’s Not-so-big Flood - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Aug 14, 2009 · When the Aegean and Black Seas were reconnected 9,400 years ago, the resulting would have drowned about 70,000 square kilometers. New evidence indicates that the lake’s water level was only 30 meters lower than today, and so the flood inundated only about 2,000 square kilometers.
Questions About Noah's Flood Theory | Science - AAAS
Jun 24, 2002 · Many scientists accept the idea that the biblical story of Noah's flood was inspired by a sudden inundation of the Black Sea by the Mediterranean 7500 years ago. But new research suggests no such flood occurred.
Noah’s Flood: New Evidence of Catastrophic Flooding in the Black Sea
Dec 12, 2005 · The catastrophic flood of saltwater from the Mediterranean Sea led to a dramatic reorganization of the shelf seafloor close to the Bosporus and favored an exceptional preservation of shorelines and coastal bedforms elsewhere along the Black Sea shelf.
Cave formations record Black Sea deluges - Science News
Mar 16, 2011 · Using chemical cues stuck in cave stalagmites, an international team of researchers has drawn up the most complete record to date of Black Sea flooding. And the sea’s history is stormy indeed...
Controversy over the great flood hypotheses in the Black Sea in …
Jun 1, 2007 · Both the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene flood scenarios claim that a massive inundation of the Pontic basin had a profound impact on the culture of prehistoric humans, forcing large-scale migration out of the affected area and creating a basis for …
Noah's flood - Nature
Aug 11, 2004 · Did a great flood once surge into the Black Sea, forming the basis of a Biblical tale? Quirin Schiermeier investigates a computer model that has added weight to the idea.