Biblical Flood made Britain into an island 'in 24 hours'
Pastor Dale Morgan
Biblical Flood made Britain into an island 'in 24 hours'*
By Tim Hall
(Filed: 25/09/2006)
Britain may have become an island after a Biblical-style flood split it
from Europe in less than 24 hours, according to new geological research.
The flood would have taken place thousands of years ago, sweeping away
hills between Britain and what is now France.
The theory could rewrite British prehistory, as current text-books teach
that Britain - once a peninsula of continental Europe - split from the
great land mass after a long process of erosion and rises in sea levels.
However, surveys of the Channel bed using new sonar techniques have
revealed the remains of a huge valley, running south-west from the
Strait of Dover.
The sonar survey, led by Sanjeev Gupta, from Imperial College, London,
uncovered deep bowls, scour marks and piles of rubble on the sea bed
that may have been caused by a torrent of water.
Dr Gupta said in a paper published at an academic conference: "In
places, this valley is more than seven miles wide and 170 ft deep, with
vertical sides. Its nearest geological parallels are found not on Earth
but in the monumental flood terrains of the planet Mars.
"This suggests the valley was created by a catastrophic flood following
the breaching of the Dover Strait and the sudden release of water from a
giant lake to the north."
According to Dr Gupta's theory, France and Britain would have been
linked by a high ridge of chalk hills, running roughly between Dover and
Calais. To the north would have been a freshwater lake, fed by rivers,
and deepened over thousands of years.
The lake, hundreds of feet above sea level, finally overflowed the chalk
ridge and swept down towards the Atlantic. The water washed away the
soft chalk hills and left the British Isles a separate land mass.
Dr Gupta's work is outlined in his book Homo Britannicus: the Incredible
Story of Human Life in Britain, to be published next week.