Holocene catastrophic flooding of the Black Sea

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hypothesis paleogeographic event hypothesis prehistoric flood hypothesis

The Holocene catastrophic flooding of the Black Sea is a hypothesized prehistoric deluge in which Mediterranean waters are thought to have rapidly inundated the Black Sea basin, potentially inspiring ancient flood myths.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Black Sea deluge hypothesis	2
Black Sea flood hypothesis	1
Holocene catastrophic flooding of the Black Sea canonical	1
Noah's Flood hypothesis for the Black Sea	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hypothesis ⓘ paleogeographic event hypothesis ⓘ prehistoric flood hypothesis ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Holocene catastrophic flooding of the Black Sea ⓘ surface form: Black Sea deluge hypothesis Holocene catastrophic flooding of the Black Sea ⓘ surface form: Black Sea flood hypothesis
appliesToBodyOfWater	Black Sea ⓘ
challengedByEvidenceType	radiocarbon dating of Black Sea shorelines ⓘ revised sea-level reconstructions ⓘ
describedInPublicationYear	1998 ⓘ
describedInWork	Noah's Flood: The New Scientific Discoveries About The Event That Changed History ⓘ surface form: Noah’s Flood: The New Scientific Discoveries About the Event That Changed History
hasAlternativeProposedDate	early Holocene ⓘ middle Holocene ⓘ
hasCause	breaching of natural sill at the Bosporus ⓘ postglacial eustatic sea-level rise in the Mediterranean ⓘ
hasEarliestProposedDate	circa 7600 BCE ⓘ
hasEffect	drowning of coastal settlements if present ⓘ possible displacement of human populations around the Black Sea ⓘ rapid shoreline retreat ⓘ salinization of the Black Sea basin ⓘ
hasEstimatedMagnitude	water level rise on the order of tens of meters ⓘ
hasEstimatedRate	shoreline advance of several hundred meters per day in some models ⓘ
hasFieldOfStudy	Quaternary science ⓘ surface form: Quaternary geology biblical archaeology ⓘ geoarchaeology ⓘ marine geology ⓘ paleoclimatology ⓘ
hasKeyClaim	Black Sea ⓘ surface form: Black Sea changed from a smaller freshwater or brackish lake to a larger marine sea Black Sea water level rose rapidly over a short period ⓘ Mediterranean waters catastrophically entered the Black Sea basin through the Bosporus ⓘ rapid transgression inundated large areas of surrounding continental shelf ⓘ
hasPossibleCulturalImpact	Mesopotamian flood narratives ⓘ ancient Near Eastern flood myths ⓘ story of Noah’s Flood ⓘ
hasRelatedConcept	catastrophism in geology ⓘ marine transgression ⓘ postglacial sea-level rise ⓘ
hasScientificDebate	connection between the event and Near Eastern flood myths ⓘ extent of human occupation on the then-exposed shelves ⓘ freshwater versus brackish state of the Black Sea before the flood ⓘ magnitude of Black Sea level rise ⓘ rate of Black Sea flooding ⓘ
hasStartTime	Holocene ⓘ surface form: Holocene epoch
hasStatus	controversial in Quaternary science ⓘ not universally accepted by geologists ⓘ
involvesBodyOfWater	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
involvesStrait	Bosporus ⓘ
locatedInContinent	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
locatedInGeologicTime	Holocene ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Black Sea drainage basin ⓘ surface form: Black Sea basin
proposedBy	Walter Pitman ⓘ William Ryan ⓘ
supportedByEvidenceType	isotope analyses ⓘ marine sediment cores ⓘ microfossil assemblages ⓘ submerged coastal features ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Ryan → proposed → Holocene catastrophic flooding of the Black Sea ⓘ

William Ryan → hasNotableIdea → Holocene catastrophic flooding of the Black Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Noah's Flood hypothesis for the Black Sea

Noah's Flood: The New Scientific Discoveries About The Event That Changed History → mainSubject → Holocene catastrophic flooding of the Black Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Sea deluge hypothesis

Holocene catastrophic flooding of the Black Sea → alsoKnownAs → Holocene catastrophic flooding of the Black Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Sea deluge hypothesis

Holocene catastrophic flooding of the Black Sea → alsoKnownAs → Holocene catastrophic flooding of the Black Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Sea flood hypothesis