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PALEOHYDROLOGY: Did a Megaflood Slice Off Britain?
Richard A. Kerr
Geologists present evidence in this week's issue of Nature for a huge gushing of lake water that long ago cut down into solid rock to form the Dover Strait before rushing down the then-dry English Channel, separating Britain from France.