Persistent holocene outflow from the Black Sea to the eastern Mediterranean contradicts Noah's flood hypothesis

GSA Today

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 4-10

  Aksu, Ali E ^a   Hiscott, Richard N ^a   Mudie, Peta J ^b   Rochon, André ^b   Kaminski, Michael A ^c,d   Abrajano, Teofilo ^e   Yaar, Doan ^f  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d KLFR   (United Kingdom)

^e Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^f DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD; HOLOCENE; OUTFLOW; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

(EAST); BLACK SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEA OF MARMARA;

EID: 0036269178     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/1052-5173(2002)012<0004:PHOFTB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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