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The study suggests the Zanclean Megaflood ended the Messinian Salinity Crisis, which lasted between 5.97 and 5.33 million years ago.

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 4 points 1 day ago

That erosion evidence would go through the Strait, but the point is that they found it from well into the Atlantic and on into the Mediterranean. Erosion in the Strait alone wouldn't be enough to suggest massive water movement.