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Reconstructions of tectonic plates and oceanic age-area distribution 140 Ma to present
Global Agegrid (Africa - no velocities) 72dpi 144dpi
Global Agegrid (Africa - velocities) 72dpi 144dpi
Global Agegrid (North Pole - no velocities) 72dpi 144dpi
Global Agegrid (North Pole - velocities) 72dpi 144dpi
Global Agegrid (Pacific - no velocities 72dpi 144dpi
Global Agegrid (Pacific - velocities 72dpi 144dpi
Global Agegrid (Poles - no velocities) 72dpi 144dpi
Global Agegrid (Poles - velocities) 72dpi 144dpi
Global Agegrid (South Pole - no velocities) 72dpi 144dpi
Global Agegrid (South Pole - velocities) 72dpi 144dpi
References
Müller, R.D., Sdrolias, M., Gaina, C., Steinberger, B. and
Heine, C., 2008, Long-term sea level fluctuations driven by ocean basin
dynamics, Science, 319, 1357-1362.
Plate motions and absolute plate velocities shown correspond to a set of
combined relative and absolute plate rotations summarised in:
Müller, R.D., Sdrolias, M., Gaina, C. and Roest, W.R., 2008, Age, spreading
rates and spreading asymmetry of the world's ocean crust, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 9 (4), p. 1-19. doi:10.1029/2007GC001743
Reconstructions of tectonic plates and oceanic paleodepth (i.e. paleobathymetry)
Global Palaeobath(Africa) 72dpi 144dpi
Global Palaeobath(North Pole) 72dpi 144dpi
Global Palaeobath (Pacific) 72dpi 144dpi
Global Palaeobath (Poles) 72dpi 144dpi
Global Palaeobath (South Pole) 72dpi 144dpi
Modelled paleobathymetry reflects a combination of reconstructed oceanic
basement depth, major large igenous provinces and rough estimates for
palaeo-sediment thickness as described in:
Müller, R.D., Sdrolias, M., Gaina, C., Steinberger, B. and
Heine, C., 2008, Long-term sea level fluctuations driven by ocean basin
dynamics, Science, 319, 1357-1362. Supplementary Material
Plate Tectonics
The tectonics of microplates east and south of Australia
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Breakup of Pangea
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Global Plate Tectonics 0-400Ma
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Global Plate Tectonics 0-100Ma
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Tasman Sea Opening
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Louisiade Triple Junction
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Caribbean Tectonics
References
Müller, R.D., Cande, S.C., Royer, J.-Y., Roest, W.R. and Maschenkov, S., 1999, New constraints on the Late Cretaceous/Tertiary plate tectonic
evolution of the Caribbean , in: Caribbean Basins. Sedimentary basins of the world, 4, Ed. P. Mann, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, p. 39-55.
Geodynamics
Australia's Geodynamic History
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Integrating deep Earth dynamics in paleogeographic reconstructions of Australia 1
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Integrating deep Earth dynamics in paleogeographic reconstructions of Australia 2
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Arc Collision
References
Courtesy of Louis Moresi, created with the ellipsis software. See: O'Neill,
C., Moresi, L., Müller, R.D., Albert, R. and Dufour, F., 2006, Ellipsis 3D: a particle-in-cell finite element hybrid code for modelling mantle convection and lithospheric deformation
, Computers and Geosciences, 32, 1769-1779.
Australia 130-0 Ma
References
Based on Fig. 5 from the following paper:
Gurnis, M., Müller, R.D. and Moresi, L., 1998, Cretaceous Vertical Motion of
Australia and the Australian-Antarctic Discordance , Science, 279, 1499-1504.
Research Cruises
Research Cruises
Updated: 20th June 2010
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