Extended Data Table 1 Input parameters for probabilistic BQART modelling

From: Late Miocene Euphrates River drained into a partially desiccated eastern Mediterranean

  1. a, The Palaeo-Karasu Basin was modelled using the following values from the Handere: 8,313 km3 (total volume – this study); 120 kyr (from biostratigraphy and geochronology – ref. 6); and 139.2 MT/yr (this study). b, The Palaeo-Murat Basin was modelled using the following values from the Nahr Menashe: 3,372 km3 (total volume – this study); 120 kyr (consistent with Handere); and 56.2 MT/yr (this study). Values of lithologies, trapping efficiencies, and anthropogenic factors were taken from ref. 33; values of water discharges and basin areas were calculated from the probabilistic BQART model; values of maximum reliefs were derived from ref. 21; and values of temperatures were estimated from ref. 39.
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