title: Comment on "Outburst flood at 1920 BCE supports historicity of China's Great Flood and the Xia dynasty".
abstract: Wuet al(Reports, 5 August 2016, p. 579) reported geological and archaeological evidence about an earthquake-induced landslide dam outburst flood around 1920 BCE and claimed a support to the historicity of China's legendary Great Flood and Xia dynasty. We argue that the physical evidence is unreliable and their arguments are unconvincing.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Wenxiang
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-0207-2847
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Junhu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-2202-2388
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. geqs@igsnrr.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Quansheng
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-8712-8565
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ge