Late Miocene Euphrates River Drainage and Eastern Mediterranean DEM

Geospatial and tabular data supporting a paleogeographic study of the Euphrates River system during the Late Miocene. The dataset includes a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and a BQART model spreadsheet for sediment flux calculations. It was authored by Andrew Madof and published on figshare in 2026 under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing paleo-drainage patterns based on the provided Digital Elevation Model (DEM).
• Modeling sediment flux and river discharge using the BQART spreadsheet.
• Validating geological hypotheses about the connectivity between the Euphrates River and the Mediterranean Sea.
• Creating visualizations of the Late Miocene landscape for research publications.

Strengths

• Dataset is 972.3 MB, indicating a substantial amount of geospatial and model data.
• Data is directly linked to a peer-reviewed publication in Nature Geoscience.
• Files are provided in standard, widely-used formats (TIF, XLSX).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count for the spreadsheet is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description is technical and assumes familiarity with specific software (Oracle Crystal Ball, ArcGIS Pro).

Provenance

Source

Andrew Madof

Collection Method

Likely derived from geological and geospatial modeling for a specific research publication.

Time Range

Late Miocene epoch

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 07:01:23

Geography

Euphrates River region and eastern Mediterranean basin