The Great Flood 2
Water, the most valuable, and yet vital substance known to mankind. Without it, our bodies would malfunction, and we would eventually all die. This majestic substance has a character that is found in no other place on earth. However water can cause catastrophic events to occur, one of them being a flood. A Great Flood. The flood that inundated the Black Sea in about 5600 BC. Much say the flood never occurred, others say it has. The Great Flood as described in Noah's Ark, and in the Epic of Gilgamesh has caused much controversy but it seems as though the Great Flood did in fact take place around 5600 BC. Ryan and Pitman have found evidence that maybe the Great Flood did in fact take place. However as usual there is always controversy over events of this nature. Over the years Pitman and Ryan Noticed that bits and pieces of evidence supporting their theory began to arise, but nothing conclusive. In 1993 Shimkus invited the duo on a two-week cruise. The deal was that for part of the trip Ryan and Pitman would help the Shimkus team with its work collecting and analysing sediment for traces of fallout from Chernobyl. In return the Russians had to help Ryan and Pitman. One of the two crucial pieces of equipment was the "CHIRP." Th
Mestel, Rosie "Noah's Flood" New Scientist The Great Flood of 5600 BC was a very controversial subject, however there has been substantial proof provided to in fact say that yes The Great Flood of 5600 BC did in fact inundate the Black Sea. Linking this event to Noah and the Epic of Gilgamesh seem to be good theories due to the fact that evidence has been found and established by two scientists Pitman and Ryan. However Pitman says "it's not the kind of thing that can ever be proven."(Mestel-27) is was a 2 metre long, torpedo-shaped echolocating sensor. This was vital in providing Ryan and Pitman with substantial evidence to back up their theory. CHIRP would allow the scientists to see a vertical profile of the sediments "like a slice through large multilayered chocolate cake."(Mestel-26) They found that the sediments were spread thinly over the shallow inshore waters, but were piled up where the seafloor plunged, much like deposits at a great river delta. This was "just what you would expect if silt was being washed into the sea by a river and was slopping off the shelf into deeper water. To the scientists satisfaction, there were also sure signs that the delta-like deposits had been eroded through exposure to wind and streams, just as they would have expected to find on the shoreline of a partly dried-out Black-Sea basin."(Mestel-26) This clearly shows that the deposits must have been above water due to the fact that it was clearly shown that the deposits had been eroded through exposure to the wind and streams. These two factors can only occur above water. Secondly the CHIRP also found samples that provided evidence that there was a smooth, uniform sheet of sediment above the deeper layers. Pitman described that "it was as if yo
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