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Regional Paleogeographic Views of Earth History

Entry ID: Blakey_Paleogeographic_Maps

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Summary

Abstract: [From Global Earth History home page by Ron Blakey,
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/globaltext.html]

This presentation uses a series of paleogeographic and plate-tectonic
reconstructions to show the broad patterns of Phanerozoic Earth history.
Organization is by region and in geologic order from oldest to youngest for
each region. The Time Slice link shows all ...

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Description: 14 paleogeographic maps from 510 Ma to present showing global and North America
and Europe reconstructions.

Multimedia Sample

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Caption: North Atlantic Region in the late Ordovician

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Ron Blakey

Dataset Title: Regional Paleogeographic Views of Earth History

Dataset Publisher: Department of Geology, Northern Arizona University

Data Presentation Form: Maps

Online Resource: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/globaltext.html

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND > AUSTRALIA

CONTINENT > AFRICA

Science Keywords

LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENTATION

LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHOLOGY > TECTONIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

ESRL STATIONS > NOAA Earth Science Research Laboratory Stations

GROUND STATIONS

Instrument

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS

Ancillary Keywords

ALASKA

ALERT

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

World Data Center for Geoinformatics and Sustainable Development, Ukraine

Data Center URL: http://wdc.org.ua/
Dataset ID: WDCGSDsust_ind05

Data Center Personnel
Name: KOSTIANTYN YEFREMOV Phone: (+380 44) 406 8014 Fax: (+380 44) 241 6853 Email: mail at wdc.org.ua Contact Address: WDC for Geoinformatics and Sustainable Development b. 6, NTUU «KPI» Peremohy ave., #37 City: Kyiv Postal Code: 03056 Country: Ukraine