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This article presents evidence that the Mediterranean Sea was a desiccated deep basin some 6 million years ago.
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HSÜ, K., RYAN, W. & CITA, M. Late Miocene Desiccation of the Mediterranean. Nature 242, 240–244 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/242240a0
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