Black Sea deluge hypothesis

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gptkbp:instanceOf scientific theory
gptkbp:controversy debated among geologists
gptkbp:evidence archaeological findings
sediment cores
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Black Sea deluge hypothesis
gptkbp:influencedBy Holocene sea level rise
gptkbp:location gptkb:Black_Sea
gptkbp:period circa 5600 BCE
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Walter_Pitman
gptkb:William_Ryan
Black Sea was freshwater lake before flood
sea level rise caused Mediterranean to breach Bosporus
flooding of Black Sea basin
catastrophic inflow of Mediterranean water into Black Sea
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Noah's_Flood:_The_New_Scientific_Discoveries_About_The_Event_That_Changed_History
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Noah's_Flood
flood myths
gptkbp:yearProposed 1997
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Walter_C._Pitman_III
gptkb:The_Great_Deluge
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7