How long ago is it since the area we now call the North Sea was a piece of exposed land?

Senior Moments

Some of it as recently as the last low tide. [Jul 05 04 12:48 AM] Senior Moments writes: http://www.seed.slb.com/en/watch/makingoi/birth/nsea.htm suggests that 300 million years ago the North Sea was only a shallow sea so it must pre-date that. [Jul 05 04 12:50 AM] Senior Moments writes: http://amsterdam.park.org/Guests/Stavanger/vinr.htm">http://amsterdam.park.org/Guests/Stavanger/vinr.htm suggests that 12.000 years ago, most of the North Sea was dry land. [Jul 05 04 1:00 AM] Senior Moments writes: It would appear that my first reply is the most accurate as web sites differ. The North Sea has come and gone on numerous occasions with the changes in sea level and with movement of the Earth's crust. Some sites give time scales relating to the southern end which differ to those of the North. Numerous sites refer to 'most of the North Sea' and then give varying amounts of years. Jul 05 04, 12:44 AM

gmackematix

I suspect that the uncovering and subsequent reflooding of the area now covered by the North Sea are something that happens at the start and end of every ice age. These recur at about 10,000 year cycles so your second answer would seem to be closer to the truth. Try looking up the lost region of Doggerland for more about the investigations into human settlement in this area. Jul 06 04, 6:58 PM

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