Because of the vignette in the foreground, in which a sea creature devours a man, this painting was previously identified as a depiction of Jonah and the whale from Rashid al-Din's fourteenth-century text Jami al-Tawarikh (Universal History). However, even in period versions of the theme t...
Variations in outburst flood durations, for instance, will determine if the reservoirs pass into the oceans abruptly or if they will be diluted over a longer period, and, hence, govern the climatic consequences of the events. Many studies have operated with gradual freshwater releases from the ...