Re: Planet X: MAY Coordinates
Ive located a second source regarding sea levels having dropped apx
3,600 years ago. This is other than the data quoted by Velikovsky in
his book Earth in Upheaval, as somehow science data is discarded when
presented by him.
Scientists Challenge Conventional Sea Level Theory
ABC News, December 3, 1999
Australian scientists say they have discovered evidence of
rapid change in world sea levels and of a dramatic fall in
geologically recent times - directly challenging current
conventional wisdom. Dr Robert Baker of the University
of New England, in the New South Wales country town of
Armidale, has tapped the secrets of worm coatings on
once-submerged rocks to shake established theory that sea
levels are presently as high as they have ever been. Based
on height measurements of worm coatings on rocks now
well above sea level, and carbon dating tests which show
them to be as recent as 3,500 years old, Baker argues that
sea levels have not been steady since the last ice age, as is
commonly believed.
Instead, he told Australia's ABC television, it changed
rapidly 3,000-5,000 years ago. "It means that the whole
natural system is unstable, it's been unstable for 130,000
years." Baker and his colleagues at New England University
say the sea level may have fallen quickly 3,500 years ago,
by as much as a meter in just 10-50 years. This means that
the current rise in the sea level - normally associated with
environmental warming caused by the so-called greenhouse
effect - might not be that unusual, Baker said.
He also said that his evidence pointed to the controversial
conclusion that sea levels had once been higher than they
are now. "The conventional wisdom has been that sea levels
haven't been higher. (Contrary) evidence was something that
they weren't prepared to accept," he said. Baker's theories,
which he first aired 20 years ago, were initially rejected, but
are now about to receive a wider audience with their
publication in the respected journal Marine Biology. The
implications go further than greenhouse and global warming.
Baker said big movements in sea levels could explain the
migration of Australian Aboriginies and give clues about the
fate of ancient civilizations such as in Egypt.