[seriessix]

Was Britain ever on the same land plate as France?
And if so what year big Britain come apart form the North of France?

This might help.

[shoeshine]

9000 years ago, according to the article linked above, the icecaps melted somewhat, sea levels rose and formed the North Sea and the English Channel.

There you go you see......we've had Global Warming before the boffins/tax men were here to tax our "carbon footprints" for it!

[purdyamos]

There was Time Team special about it the other week. It was quite spooky.

[Darbees]

Britain was attached to France yesterday and I know that for sure because I came back to Britain in my car on land (albeit on a train) without seeing the sea.

[Berberis]

Originally Posted by purdyamos

There was Time Team special about it the other week. It was quite spooky.

DAMMIT, did I miss it!

[Alastair]

Originally Posted by seriessix

Was Britain ever on the same land plate as France?
And if so what year big Britain come apart form the North of France?

Britain still is part of the same tectonic plate as France, as is Ireland. When sea levels were lower because of the glaciers of the Ice Ages locking up so much water all three were part of a larger European continent and it would have been possible to walk between them.

The southern North Sea and the English Channel are quite shallow.

[wuduswitch]

Originally Posted by Alastair

Britain still is part of the same tectonic plate as France, as is Ireland. When sea levels were lower because of the glaciers of the Ice Ages locking up so much water all three were part of a larger European continent and it would have been possible to walk between them.

The southern North Sea and the English Channel are quite shallow.

Yes, if the sea levels dropped we would still be able to walk across to France and the Low countries

Be a long walk tho'

[bladesufc1]

Originally Posted by shoeshine

9000 years ago, according to the article linked above, the icecaps melted somewhat, sea levels rose and formed the North Sea and the English Channel.

There you go you see......we've had Global Warming before the boffins/tax men were here to tax our "carbon footprints" for it!

of course we have, how do you think the black sea fromed? rising sea levels, then back to normal leaving the BLACK SEA

[nick2]

Originally Posted by purdyamos

There was Time Team special about it the other week. It was quite spooky.

Time Team manages to make almost every subject boring.