Geological, archaeological, and paleoclimatic evidence consistently shows that major floods throughout human history have been regional, asynchronous, and driven by localized climatic factors rather than a single global inundation.
Evidence against · 4
Palaeoclimatic and archaeological evidence for a 200-yr recurrence of floods and droughts linking California, Mesoamerica and South America over the past 2000 years
2003 · cited by 58
Paper 0 demonstrates regional and asynchronous flood events driven by solar variability and atmospheric reorganizations rather than a single global inundation.
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Palaeoflood Records from Upper Kaveri River, Southern India: Evidence for Discrete Floods During Holocene
2010 · cited by 39
Paper 1 documents discrete, localized middle-Holocene flash floods in Southern India that did not surpass modern 20th-century flood levels.
Holocene temperature and productivity variability at the Portuguese margin - evidence from planktonic foraminifera faunas
2022 · cited by 0
Paper 2 tracks regional North Atlantic and Holocene temperature and climate fluctuations without indicating any simultaneous worldwide flood.
Fluvial landscapes of the Harappan civilization.
2012 · cited by 0
Paper 3 describes long-term regional aridification, fluvial quiescence, and declining monsoon precipitation in the Harappan territory, directly contradicting widespread flooding.