自从发现地中海存在蒸发岩之后，有关盐危机期间地中海出现的环境变化发生了引人注目的科学争论．特别是，在两种模式之间“深盆一浅水”模式、（许靖华，1973）以及“浅盆地一浅水”模式（Nesteroff1973）存在明显的对立．“深干化盆地”模式预测地中海海面下降至少达1500m， Since the discovery of evaporites in the Mediterranean Sea, there has been a compelling scientific debate about the environmental changes that have taken place in the Mediterranean during the salt crisis. In particular, there is a clear contrast between the two models, the “deep basin-shallow” model (Xu Jinghua, 1973) and the “shallow basin-shallow water model” (Nesteroff 1973). The “deep-desalination basin” model predicts a decline of at least 1500 m in the Mediterranean Sea,