Reconstructions
Below are some examples of plate reconstructions using the PLATES Project's global plate reconstruction model. Some of our
atlases are available as UTIG technical reports.
Molleweide projection
- 750 Ma ----- Late Neo-Proterozoic
- 460 Ma ----- Late Ordovician
- 450 Ma ----- Late Ordovician
- 400 Ma ----- Early Devonian
- 350 Ma ----- Mississippian
- 300 Ma ----- Pennsylvanian
- 250 Ma ----- Late Permian
- 200 Ma ----- Early Jurassic
- 140 Ma ----- Early Cretaceous
- 110 Ma ---- Early Cretaceous reconstruction of the South Atlantic free-air gravity data
- 100 Ma ----- Early Cretaceous
- 65 Ma ----- Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary
- 40 Ma ----- Bartonian, Early Eocene
- 30 Ma ----- Oligocene
- Present Day
- 100 m.y. into the Future
Orthographic projection
- 550 Ma ----- Earliest Cambrian
- 400 Ma ----- Early Devonian
- 300 Ma ----- Late Pennsylvanian
- 278 Ma ----- Early Permian
- 250 Ma ----- Early Triassic (PDF)
- 250 Ma ----- Early Triassic (PDF)
- 200 Ma ----- Late Triassic
- 150 Ma ----- Late Jurassic
- 100 Ma ----- Early Cretaceous
- 060 Ma ----- Middle Paleocene
- 040 Ma ----- Middle Eocene
The Making of Texas (poster)
Animations
- The Other Side of the World (Powerpoint Animation, 180 to 0 Ma, Pacific view)
- PLATES 2011 Atlas of Plate Reconstructions (750 Ma to Present Day) (Powerpoint Animation, 2011 model. The 2014 atlas is available as a PDF)
- Texas Through Time (Powerpoint Animation, 2002-03-12; supersedes From Texas to Antarctica)
- Opening of the Indian Ocean (Powerpoint Animation, 2000-08-10)
- Interaction Between the North System and the Ontong Java Plateau (20-0 Ma)
- Tectonic Evolution of the Arctic Region Since the Ordovician (Powerpoint Animation, 2000-07-09)
- Mid-Jurassic to Recent Tectonic Evolution of the Arctic Region (Powerpoint Animation, 1999-12-09)
- Antarctica: Keystone of Gondwana (Powerpoint Animation, 1999-06-25)
