Pertinax Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 I thought this was a rather interesting "cataclysmic" reading of the severing of Britain from the Continent. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2372472.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 Much the same has been said of the Straits of Gibraltar and the Dardanelles - ex the glacier. I wonder if the Netherlands sinking into the sea has any bearing on the British case? Denmark and Sweden in re the Baltic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlapse Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 They don't mention Doggerland. During glaciation the area between England and Denmark was lowland tundra. The weight of the ice pushing down on the land to the north actually made this area bulge upward. As the ice melted, the land evened out - the northern land rising (northern Sweden is still rising) and the southern land sinking (Netherlands). I just wonder how they determined the date? Couldn't this have happened after an even earlier ice age? If not, then under the peat at the bottom of the southern North Sea must be evidence of an inland lake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 Considering the Low Countries, would 'tectonic' plates have something to do with this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted September 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 Considering the Low Countries, would 'tectonic' plates have something to do with this? We are (mercifully) clear of subduction zone activity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlapse Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 NM on the dates, there were 3 interglacial periods between 200,000 and 400,000 years ago. The discovery of the Channel flood may help to solve one of the enduring mysteries of British archeology Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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