Daniel Garcia-Castellanos
Some of his studies ( published in journals including "Nature" ) support the idea that , after being isolated from the world's oceans due to the collision between the tectonic plates of Africa and Eurasia , the Mediterranean Sea underwent a desiccation period known as the Messinian salinity crisis , and later a catastrophic reflooding through the Strait of Gibraltar , 5 million years ago , the Zanclean flood . 
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