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Megaflood 'made Island Britain' |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6904675.stm
Wednesday, 18 July 2007, 17:29 GMT 18:29 UK
Megaflood 'made Island Britain'
Britain became separated from mainland Europe after a catastrophic flood
some time before 200,000 years ago, a sonar study of the English Channel
confirms.
The images reveal deep scars on the Channel bed that must have been cut
by a sudden, massive discharge of water.
Scientists tell the journal Nature that the torrent probably came from a
giant lake in what is now the North Sea.
Some event - perhaps an earthquake - caused the lake's rim to breach at
the Dover Strait, they believe.
Dr Sanjeev Gupta, from Imperial College London, and colleagues say the
discharge was one of the most significant megafloods in recent Earth
history, and provides an explanation for Britain's island status.
"This event or series of events that caused [the breach] changed the
course of Britain's history," Dr Gupta told BBC News.
"It made it an island separated from continental Europe. It happened at
the White Cliffs of Dover - so symbolic for Britain's identity - and it
was the creation of those White Cliffs that actually made Island
Britain."
The megaflood theory is by no means new; but the sonar images represent
the clearest narrative yet for the story.
Previous studies of prehistoric animal remains from the past
half-million years have already revealed the crucial role the English
Channel has played in shaping the course of Britain's natural history.
The Channel has acted as a filter through time, letting some animals in
from mainland Europe but not others.
And even when water was locked up in giant ice sheets and sea levels
plummeted, the Rhine and the Thames rivers would have dumped meltwater
into a major river system that flowed along the Channel's floor.
Scientists can see all of this influence written in the type and mix of
British fossils they find at key periods in history.
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Atheist n A person to be pitied in that he is
unable to believe things for which there is
no evidence, and who has thus deprived himself of
a convenient means of feeling superior to others.
—Chaz Bufe, The American Heretic’s Dictionary
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| User: "Smiler" |
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| Title: Re: Megaflood 'made Island Britain' |
18 Jul 2007 08:05:46 PM |
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"stoney" <stoney@the.net> wrote in message
news:k4ls93ddjeghhmeoc8natngq2po9ugl3bf@4ax.com...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6904675.stm
Wednesday, 18 July 2007, 17:29 GMT 18:29 UK
Megaflood 'made Island Britain'
Britain became separated from mainland Europe after a catastrophic flood
some time before 200,000 years ago, a sonar study of the English Channel
confirms.
The images reveal deep scars on the Channel bed that must have been cut
by a sudden, massive discharge of water.
Scientists tell the journal Nature that the torrent probably came from a
giant lake in what is now the North Sea.
Some event - perhaps an earthquake - caused the lake's rim to breach at
the Dover Strait, they believe.
Quite possibly, but what happened to the northern rim?
(A lake it a body of water totally surrounded by land)
Smiler,
The godless one
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Megaflood 'made Island Britain' |
19 Jul 2007 06:46:39 PM |
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In article <KNyni.868$g51.154@newsfe1-win.ntli.net>,
"Smiler" <Smiler@Joe.King.com> wrote:
"stoney" <stoney@the.net> wrote in message
news:k4ls93ddjeghhmeoc8natngq2po9ugl3bf@4ax.com...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6904675.stm
Wednesday, 18 July 2007, 17:29 GMT 18:29 UK
Megaflood 'made Island Britain'
Britain became separated from mainland Europe after a catastrophic flood
some time before 200,000 years ago, a sonar study of the English Channel
confirms.
The images reveal deep scars on the Channel bed that must have been cut
by a sudden, massive discharge of water.
Scientists tell the journal Nature that the torrent probably came from a
giant lake in what is now the North Sea.
Some event - perhaps an earthquake - caused the lake's rim to breach at
the Dover Strait, they believe.
Quite possibly, but what happened to the northern rim?
(A lake it a body of water totally surrounded by land)
The Ice sheet formed the northern rim.
Smiler,
The godless one
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John #1782
"We should always be disposed to believe that which appears to us to be
white is really black, if the hierarchy of the church so decides."
- Saint Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) Founder of the Jesuit Order.
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| User: "Smiler" |
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| Title: Re: Megaflood 'made Island Britain' |
19 Jul 2007 07:13:45 PM |
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"johac" <jhachmann@remove.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:jhachmann-762B3F.16463919072007@news.giganews.com...
In article <KNyni.868$g51.154@newsfe1-win.ntli.net>,
"Smiler" <Smiler@Joe.King.com> wrote:
"stoney" <stoney@the.net> wrote in message
news:k4ls93ddjeghhmeoc8natngq2po9ugl3bf@4ax.com...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6904675.stm
Wednesday, 18 July 2007, 17:29 GMT 18:29 UK
Megaflood 'made Island Britain'
Britain became separated from mainland Europe after a catastrophic
flood
some time before 200,000 years ago, a sonar study of the English
Channel
confirms.
The images reveal deep scars on the Channel bed that must have been cut
by a sudden, massive discharge of water.
Scientists tell the journal Nature that the torrent probably came from
a
giant lake in what is now the North Sea.
Some event - perhaps an earthquake - caused the lake's rim to breach at
the Dover Strait, they believe.
Quite possibly, but what happened to the northern rim?
(A lake it a body of water totally surrounded by land)
The Ice sheet formed the northern rim.
Thanks!
Smiler,
The godless one
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