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From desert to deluge in the Mediterranean

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A time when the Mediterranean became cut off from, then reconnected to, the Atlantic has been securely dated. An approach known as astrochronology lies behind this achievement.

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Figure 1: “The Filling of the Mediterranean Sea” by Guy Billout.

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