Here's something interesting: The
Holocene Impact Working Group (HIWG) discovered four enormous chevron deposits pointing towards a spot in the Indian Ocean where they recently discovered
Burckle Crater, an 18-mile wide crater that was created about 4,500 to 5,000 years ago and would have released massive, 600-ft high megatsunamis.
The timing fits well with the flood account written about in the Bible and found in countless cultures throughout the world.
Apparently, Burckle Crater was discovered when the HIWG discovered prehistoric chevron dune formations in Australia and Madagascar. These wedge-shaped sediment deposits can be formed when tsunamis lift sediment and carry it for later deposit. Although it's controversial, the HIWG's triangulation resulted in the finding of Burckle Crater.
In the
2006 annual meeting of the Geological Society of America (GSA), it was stated that chevron dunes were differentiated. They are not formed by wind, they are not necessarily oriented in the direction of the prevailing wind, they can form where there are no beaches, and they contain grains larger than 2 mm in diameter. They specifically state that "chevrons are produced by megatsunamis originating from point sources, i.e. landslides, impact craters, and volcanic explosions."
The Tsunami of 2005 was mere inches above mean sea level when it formed. What would a tsunami 600' high look line when it reached shallower water? Would it tower to a mile high, or more?
I find it interesting that the location of the Burckle Crater, 30.865S 61.365E, would result in a megatsunami that would richochet off the mountainous western coast of India, with fairly solid ridgelines upwards of 3000 ft MSL, creating a more focused tsunami that would then sweep up the gulf of Oman, plowing right over Oman, UAE, NE Saudia Arabia, and Kuwait, and swamp the vast majority of Iraq (mesapotamia), much of which is flat, yet bordered by mountains on three sides. Such a wave may even have pushed through, in spots, to the Mediterranean.
Aside from the chevrons, is there any other evidence of widespread flooding around the Indian Ocean?