1970年“格洛玛·挑战者号”钻探结果证实地中海底部覆盖着一巨厚盐层,局部厚度达2,000米以上。可见这个海曾经历过盆地的演变阶段。要不是在地中海以及其它几个大洋中发现了地质、生物和气候方面的证据,那么这段演变史仅仅是一段趣闻而已。自发现盐层以来开展了一场激烈的科学上的争论,延续至今。本文中,作者根据现有的海洋地质地球物理最新资料阐述了一个广为流行的理论。 Drilling results from the 1970 “Gloucester Challenger” confirm that the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea is covered by a thick layer of salt, with local thicknesses of more than 2,000 meters. This sea has seen the evolution of the basin has experienced. If not in the Mediterranean and several other ocean found in the geological, biological and climate evidence, then the evolution of history is only anecdotal. There has been a fierce scientific debate since the salt was discovered and continues to this day. In this article, the author elaborates a widely popular theory based on the latest available data on marine geophysics.