Talk:Messinian salinity crisis
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[edit] Effects on Black Sea
Does anyone have any further information about it's effect upon the Black Sea? I recently read a book by David Gibbins (Called "Atlantis") in which he proposes that the Black sea would have had a different shoreline a lower level with it being isolated by the Bosporous. Just wondered if there was any evidence of this and whether it would make a useful addition to this page?
- The Black Sea doesn't get most of its water from the Mediterranean, and the closing off and reopening of the Bosphorus happened most recently thousands of years ago (not millions, as with the Strait of Gibraltar). AnonMoos 07:35, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Factual errors
I'd just like to point out for the interested reader that there are numerous factual errors in this article. These are not really substantial to the casual reader though. It is now estimated that sealevel only dropped 1500 m [1], though some articles suggest 2000 m. Also, DSDP leg 13 did not recover evaporites beyond a small piece of halite. This evidence came later. Hopefully I will be able to come back and modify the article soon, but there are quite a few facts that I would need to verify that are currently in this article. --129.173.105.28 15:57, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
- The Med sea level was likely at different levels at different times. At some times the Med was receiving much water from a lake called Lac Mer in the Hungary area, until the flow was cut off when the mountains of ex-Yugoslavia (Dinaric) arose. The buried Nile canyon found under Cairo (by deep drilling) proves at least 2400 meters depth at some times. Without the salt and silt that has accumulated, sometimes the depth was likely even deeper than if the Med dried out now. To alter a poem that Coleridge wrote: When Nile the sacred river ran / through canyons measureless to man / down to a hot dry sink. Anthony Appleyard 23:03, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Capitalisation
Is there any reason why this is at Messinian Salinity Crisis rather than Messinian salinity crisis? Neither of the quoted references uses capital letters. --OpenToppedBus - Talk to the driver 12:17, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
- OK, I decided to be bold and just move it. --OpenToppedBus - Talk to the driver 09:52, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Fascinating
This is extremely interesting. Thanks to those who took the time to create this article. Well done...wish they taught more of this stuff in school! CoachMcGuirk 20:35, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
