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Cave formations record Black Sea deluges

Stalagmites in Turkish grotto document 670,000 years of flooding

By Daniel Strain

- More than 2 years ago

Noah, better get more arks. Over hundreds of millennia large floods drowned the Black Sea and its environs over and over again, a new study shows.

FRAGGLE ROCK SCIENCE Stalagmites growing deep within Sofular Cave in Turkey contain records of 19 Black Sea floods.