OK, I'm calling you on this one. Wild, off the cuff BS. See just upstring for the views of others from the evo side.
No, it was from the website I looked at regarding that city. It said that Lake Titicaca was trapped sea-water from geologic uplift. It said it used to be part of the ocean.
Maybe I got the time-frame wrong. I'm bad with dates. What exactly is inaccurate, here?
In fact Rei seems to confirm the general idea of what I'm saying:
It's about what would be expected from how long it would have taken for the Nasca and Andes plates to push the area up.
Now, I'm not saying that Lake Titicaca is as salty as the ocean. I had thought that by saying "old seawater" I had made no specific clame about salinity. But if you feel that "old seawater" doesn't describe what Rei is talking about, then I'll amend my post.
[This message has been edited by crashfrog, 12-16-2003]