Originally Posted by
tauphi
I highly doubt that the edits that introduced Caspian sea into that entry came from an expert. It doesn't have a single citation.
Any wikipedia statement with no or suspicious citations should be discarded.
Agreed, and I did state the caveat. However, I think I have read somewhere that the shelf/crust the Caspian on is not typical land crust, but I can't remember where.
At any rate, this rather OT discussion to an OT statement may be giving the OP indigestion.
tb