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From desert to deluge in the Mediterranean

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Figure 1: “The Filling of the Mediterranean Sea” by Guy Billout.

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McKenzie, J. From desert to deluge in the Mediterranean. Nature 400, 613–614 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/23131

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