The great Hong Thuy battle filled the Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea has experienced a large salt beach, completely dry. According to new research in the magazine Communications Earth and Environmentthis sea can be folded again thanks to the Zanclean Great Red battle that took place about 5.33 million years ago, according to Popular Mechanics January 27.

The Zanclean Great Battle is said to last for 2 – 16 years, water poured into the sea at a speed of up to 60 – 100 million m3 per second. For comparison, the Mississippi River flushed with a much smaller speed, 6,000 – 20,000 m3 per second.

“Great Hong Thuy Zanclean is an incredible natural phenomenon with the rate of discharge and flow velocity far beyond any other flood in the Earth’s history. Our research provides the most convincing evidence for the most convincing evidence for Up to now, on this extraordinary event, “co -authored Aaron Micallef, expert at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.

About 200 million years ago, during the Mesozoic period (Great Middle Sinh), the Mediterranean was part of the vast Tethys ocean separating the two ancient Super continents Gondwana and Laurasia. Over time, the ocean shrinks when the African and European tectonic segments approach each other, becoming the Mediterranean. Messinian salinity crisis (5.97 – 5.33 million years ago), occurred when the sea was isolated from the Atlantic, causing water to evaporate almost completely due to drought conditions, leaving salt yards. Large in the pan.

In the new study, the scientist group found more evidence of a great Mediterranean pink in the geological characteristics in Southeast Sicily. They analyzed more than 300 mountain edges on the Sicily Sill underground bridge that used to separate the east and western basin areas of the Mediterranean. The structure of these edges indicates that a great pink battle once swept through their surface.

The team also used seismic waves to detect a W -shaped channel engraved into the eastern seabed Sicily Sill, which could work as a huge funnel, pouring water into the Notes in the East of the Mediterranean. According to scientists, the flood waters can move at a speed of up to 116 km/h, engraving deep channels into rocks during flowing and transporting materials far away through the pan.

“These findings not only shed light on an important time in the geological history of the Earth, but also shows the durability of the terrain forms over 5 million years. It opens the door for deep studies. More along the edge of the Mediterranean, “Micallef shared.