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February 16, 2004
North Sea
The rise of sea levels with the release of glacial waters at the end of the last ice age flooded the plain between what is now the UK and Europe. Now an archaeological team from the University of Birmingham has started to produce a map of that sunken world.
The team used earthquake data to devise a 3D reconstruction of the 10,000-year-old plain. The area, part of a land mass that once joined Britain to northern Europe, disappeared about 8,000 years ago. The virtual features they have developed include a river the length of the Thames which disappeared when its valley flooded due to glaciers melting.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at February 16, 2004 09:37 AM