🌊 Zanclean Flood Deposits - Rambla de los Molinos
Geological evidence of a catastrophic marine reflooding event
📌 Fast Facts
- Located near Águilas in southeastern Spain
- Preserves evidence of the Zanclean flood, approximately 5.33 million years ago
- Represents the refilling of the Mediterranean Basin from the Atlantic Ocean
- Maximum discharge rates estimated at 100 million cubic metres per second
The Rambla de los Molinos is a ravine near Águilas in Spain whose walls expose Zanclean flood deposits—geological formations bearing direct evidence of one of Earth's most dramatic hydrological events. Approximately 5.33 million years ago, Atlantic waters catastrophically refilled the nearly desiccated Mediterranean Basin, ending the Messinian salinity crisis and reestablishing permanent marine connection between the two ocean systems. The deposits preserved in this ravine document the scale ...