🌊 Zanclean Flood deposits: The Cañon de Almadenes
Geological evidence of a catastrophic Mediterranean megaflood event
📋 Fast Facts
- Located near Mazarrón in Murcia, southeastern Spain
- Canyon walls composed of sandstone, siltstone, and conglomerate deposits
- Evidence of the Zanclean megaflood, approximately 5.33 million years ago
- Part of Mediterranean-wide geological formations from the Miocene epoch
The Cañon de Almadenes is a geological site near Mazarrón in the Murcia region of southeastern Spain that ...