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Re: Geology from Outer Space
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 6 Apr 2001 18:58:48 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> I just don't know how far-reaching or pervasive the effects of such a
> (relatively) localized flood could have been; did the people in Sumer really
> feel the waters of the Black Sea rising around them? I know you're not
> suggesting that they did, but I'm concerned that the more literal-minded
> might use the Black Sea inundation as proof of a world-wide flood.
There's also evidence that the filling of the Mediterranean was witnessed as
well. An event that large most likely was felt in Sumer, probably by the
entire Fertile Crescent.
Cheers,
- jsproat
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| (...) D'oh! Even as I posted my earlier message I was thinking about this. There are, of course, numerous submerged archaeological sites in the shallows and not-so-shallows of the Mediterranean. I'll still stand by my assertion that the flooding of (...) (23 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I've seen bits about that on Good Morning America and now and then on CNN, but I'm not up on the latest info. What I recall is that the water flow into the Black Sea exceeded the rate over Niagara falls for a period (if I remember correctly) (...) (23 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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