Opening of the Indian Ocean By L.A. Lawver, M.F. Coffin, L.M. Gahagan, D.A. Campbell, and J.-Y. Royer  2000, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics August 10, 2000

The following animation is an abbreviated version, showing reconstructions every 30 million years. The original animation shows reconstructions from 200 to 0 Ma, every 1 million years.

P LATES  2000 UTIG Jurassic Late Toarcian

P LATES  2000 UTIG Jurassic Kimmeridgian

P LATES  2000 UTIG Cretaceous Early Aptian

P LATES  2000 UTIG Cretaceous Turonian

P LATES  2000 UTIG Paleogene Early Selandian

P LATES  2000 UTIG Paleogene Late Rupelian

P LATES  2000 UTIG Quaternary

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