One of the biggest topics we will be discussing this year is Earth History. The PALEOMAP project is a website brought to you by Christopher R. Scotese. http://www.scotese.com/Default.htm
Goal of the PALEOMAP Project
“The goal of the PALEOMAP Project is to illustrate the plate tectonic development of the ocean basins and continents, as well as the changing distribution of land and sea during the past 1100 million years.”
This website is full of pictures and interactive paleogeographic maps showing the ancient mountain ranges and shorelines, active plate boundaries, as well as what the Earth will look like in 250 million years.
| Precambrian Cambrian Ordovician Silurian Devonian Early Carboniferous Late Carboniferous Permian Triassic Jurassic Late Jurassic Cretaceous K/T extinction Eocene Miocene Last Ice Age Modern World Future World Future +100 Future +250 |
Select one of the times from the list on the left and travel through time and check out what the Earth looked liked in the far distant past or what it might look like far into the future. At each stop there is more information about each geological time period. |
Also available on this site are plate tectonic and continental drift animations.
Follow the links below to activate the animations.
Plate Tectonic Animations
Breakup of Pangea: Pangea Breakup VR
Tectonic Evolution of the North Atlantic: N. Atlantic VR
Breakup of Gondwana: Gondwana Breakup VR
Tectonic Evolution of the Pacific: Pacific VR
Tectonics Viewed from the North Pole: North Pole VR
The Collision of India with Asia: India VR
The Evolution of the Caribbean: Caribbean VR
Continental Drift Animations
The Breakup of Pangea (last 200 million years): Pangea VR
The Assembly of Pangea during the Paleozoic: Paleozoic VR
Late Precambrian Pangeas: Rodinia to Pannotia: Precambrian VR
Plate Motions 250 Million years into the Future: Future VR
© 2002, C. R. Scotese
"Plate tectonic maps and Continental drift animations
by C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP Project (www.scotese.com)"
