Over 500 world flood Over 500 world flood myths-myths-

Myth or meteor?Myth or meteor?

World flood myths and glacial World flood myths and glacial meltingmelting

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““In the geological In the geological past, within human past, within human experience, experience, several great several great floods are widely floods are widely suspected to have suspected to have occurred, with occurred, with varying amounts varying amounts of supporting of supporting evidence.” evidence.”

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Maximum ice extent at the Last Glacial Maximum

*During the last Glacial Maximum sea levels were 120 – 130 meters higher.*Starting c. 18,000 years ago sea levels began to rise.*Most of the glacial melt had occurred by c.8,000 years ago.*Changes would not have been regular. *The immense weight of the ice sheets depressed the continental plates.

During the Last Glacial Maximum the currently submerged darker areas were dry land.

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Where silts formed dikes that protected low-lying Where silts formed dikes that protected low-lying areas, a winter storm or sudden spurt of melt water areas, a winter storm or sudden spurt of melt water thousands of miles away could raise ocean levels, thousands of miles away could raise ocean levels, resulting in catastrophic erosion and massive flooding.resulting in catastrophic erosion and massive flooding.

The ocean The ocean could fill could fill vast basins vast basins in a matter in a matter of weeks or of weeks or months.months.

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The Carpentaria PlainThe Carpentaria Plain

During glacial times a level plain joined Australia with New During glacial times a level plain joined Australia with New Guinea.Guinea.

C. 12,000 – 10,000 years ago, it was flooded to form the C. 12,000 – 10,000 years ago, it was flooded to form the Gulf of Carpentaria.Gulf of Carpentaria.

Aboriginal myths of ‘dream time’ incorporate a few great Aboriginal myths of ‘dream time’ incorporate a few great flood myths, where floods would not have been common in flood myths, where floods would not have been common in the region. the region.

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Great Sunda wetlands of Great Sunda wetlands of Indonesia Indonesia

During glacial times a During glacial times a huge peaty swap land huge peaty swap land joined Malaya, joined Malaya, Sumatra, Java and Sumatra, Java and southwestern Bornei southwestern Bornei to the Asia mainland.to the Asia mainland.

The present land The present land masses were high masses were high lands framing a vast lands framing a vast wetland ecosystem wetland ecosystem now covered by the now covered by the southern parts of the southern parts of the South China Sea.South China Sea.

This flood was This flood was possibly onset by a possibly onset by a catastrophic catastrophic monsoon. monsoon.

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North AmericaNorth America During the glacial During the glacial

maximum maximum Proglacial lakes Proglacial lakes formed and formed and shifted in the shifted in the area of the great area of the great lakes. lakes.

The lakes The lakes drainage system drainage system sometimes sometimes shifted south into shifted south into the Mississippi the Mississippi system, system, sometimes into sometimes into the Artic or east the Artic or east into the Atlantic.into the Atlantic.

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Glacial Lake Glacial Lake AgassizAgassiz

Agassiz created a Agassiz created a series of great series of great floods as ice-dam floods as ice-dam configurations configurations failed , pumping failed , pumping massive pulses of massive pulses of freshwater into freshwater into the worlds oceans. the worlds oceans.

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The The MissoulaMissoulaFloodsFloods

The The Missoula Missoula Floods of Floods of Washington Washington were also were also caused by caused by breaking ice breaking ice damns, damns, resulting in resulting in channeled channeled scablands.scablands.

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Lake Lake OjibwayOjibway Lake Ojibway reached its Lake Ojibway reached its

largest point c. 8,500 yrs ago, largest point c. 8,500 yrs ago, when it joined with Lake when it joined with Lake Agassiz.Agassiz.

Its outlet was blocked by Its outlet was blocked by glaciers; so, it drained by glaciers; so, it drained by tributaries into St. Lawrence far tributaries into St. Lawrence far to the South.to the South.

C. 8,300 – 7,700 years ago the C. 8,300 – 7,700 years ago the melting ice damn over the melting ice damn over the Hudson Bay’s southwestern Hudson Bay’s southwestern most extension narrowed to the most extension narrowed to the point that pressure and point that pressure and buoyancy lifted it free and the buoyancy lifted it free and the ice damn failed.ice damn failed.

The lake was 250 meters above The lake was 250 meters above sea level.sea level.

Its volume is estimated to have Its volume is estimated to have been 163,000 cubic kilometers, been 163,000 cubic kilometers, more than enough water to more than enough water to cover flattened out Antarctica cover flattened out Antarctica with a sheet of water 10 meters with a sheet of water 10 meters deep.deep.

The lake was added to the The lake was added to the worlds oceans in a matter of worlds oceans in a matter of months . months .

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Tollman’s hypothetical Tollman’s hypothetical BolideBolide

Hypothesis presented by Hypothesis presented by the Austrian Prof of the Austrian Prof of Geology Dr. Alexander Geology Dr. Alexander Tollman.Tollman.

The Hypothesis states that The Hypothesis states that one or several bolides one or several bolides struck the earth c. 7640 struck the earth c. 7640 BCE. A much larger BCE. A much larger instance was suppose to instance was suppose to have occurred c. 3150 BCE.have occurred c. 3150 BCE.

The first would have The first would have explained the extinction of explained the extinction of mega fauna, while the mega fauna, while the second would account for second would account for the global flood myths.the global flood myths.

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The positive scientific The positive scientific evidence includes evidence includes stratigraphic studies of stratigraphic studies of

tektites, tektites, dendrochronoloydendrochronoloy, and ice cores , and ice cores (from Camp Century, (from Camp Century,

Greenland)Greenland) containing containing hydrocholoric hydrocholoric and sulphuric and sulphuric acid acid (indicating an (indicating an energetic ocean strike) energetic ocean strike)

as well as nitric as well as nitric acids acids (caused by (caused by extreme heating of extreme heating of air).air).

Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America

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C. 7,640 BCE C. 7,640 BCE is consistent is consistent with the with the dates of the dates of the formation of formation of a number of a number of salt flats in salt flats in North North America and America and in Asia.in Asia.

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