[Darksheare]

Seems to me they were doing a survey of teh Mediteranean once, and found anhydrite on the seaflorr under silt.
Anhydrite forms in salt flats.
On bare ground.
Wouldn't that also mean that the Med was once much lower as well?
And wouldn't the Med rising, eventually, effect the Black Sea?
(Water weight added to crustal plates, subduction, and added geologic stress? Thus, more eathquakes, more volcanism, and basically the reshaping of the whole area?)

[blam]

"Wouldn't that also mean that the Med was once much lower as well? And wouldn't the Med rising, eventually, effect the Black Sea? "

By Jove, you get it. Here is a worldwide map with the oceans reduced in depth by about 300 feet. (300-500 is widely accepted for the Ice Age). If you'll maneuver around on the map, you'll see that the Mediterranean was probably isolated into three different sections during the Ice Age. There are scouwering marks on the ocean floor at Gibralter just like at the Bosporus from the inrushing water.

On a side note, I think the same thing happened in the Gulf Of Mexico during the Ice Age. The Mediterranean has completely dried out at least forty times however, the last time was five million years ago. There are sections of the Mediterranean that have salt on the bottom that is thousands of feet thick.