Tectonic Evolution of the Arctic Region Since the Ordovician

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Tectonic Evolution of the Arctic Region Since the Ordovician By L.A. Lawver, L.M. Gahagan, and D.A. Campbell 2000, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics July 9, 2000

The following animation is an abbreviated version, showing reconstructions every 50 million years. The original animation shows reconstructions from 450 to 0 Ma, every 1 million years.

Ordovician Late Caradoc ã PLATES 2000 UTIG

Devonian Late Praghian ã PLATES 2000 UTIG

Carboniferous Tournaisian ã PLATES 2000 UTIG

Carboniferous Kasimovian ã PLATES 2000 UTIG

Permian Tatarian ã PLATES 2000 UTIG

Jurassic Early Sinemurian ã PLATES 2000 UTIG

Jurassic Kimmeridgian ã PLATES 2000 UTIG

Cretaceous Late Albian ã PLATES 2000 UTIG

Paleogene Late Ypresian ã PLATES 2000 UTIG

Quaternary ã PLATES 2000 UTIG

We wish to thank the PLATES’ sponsors for their support: Conoco, Elf, Exxon, Norsk Hydro, and Statoil.

For more information, contact: Lisa M For more information, contact: Lisa M. Gahagan Institute for Geophysics University of Texas at Austin plates@ig.utexas.edu

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