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Introduction to Global Plate Tectonics: North American Phanerozoic Era

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The second part of a series on the North American continental geology, providing tectonic history continuing from the Cambrian Period to the Quaternary Period. This slide presentation picks up where the North American Precambrian tectonic history ended. The Precambrian slide show was previously posted earlier.

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Introduction to Global Plate Tectonics Part IV . Global Tectonics Evolution The Continents Narrated by William Szary Copyright 2014, Earth2Energy Educational Publishing. All Rights Reserved. Earth2Energy is a registered trademark.
 The show can be stopped at any time by right clicking on the slide. A menu appears with options to pause, and resume. To return to any slide as the video advances, pick the slide number from the menu list under that item.  When the video begins, clicking on the slide with the Mouse can control the presentation instead.
Global Tectonics: The Details Part IV. The Continents Part C. The North American Phanerozoic Era: Post Cambrian Tectonic History. Estimated Time: 31 min.
North America Reconstructing the Phanerozoic Era Tectonics
Introduction to Global Plate Tectonics: North American Phanerozoic Era
Late Cambrian Period 500 mya N Rheic Ocean Panthalassic Ocean
Introduction to Global Plate Tectonics: North American Phanerozoic Era
Late Ordovician 430 mya Rheic Ocean Canada US Baltica Panthalassic Ocean Avalonian Plate Iaepetus Ocean
Introduction to Global Plate Tectonics: North American Phanerozoic Era
Late Devonian 350 mya Laurentia Baltica Gondwana Panthalassic Ocean
Introduction to Global Plate Tectonics: North American Phanerozoic Era
Carboniferous 300 mya Wandel Sea
Introduction to Global Plate Tectonics: North American Phanerozoic Era
Late Triassic 195 mya North America Africa South America Pacific Ocean BalticaWandel Sea
Middle Jurassic 155 mya `
Tethys Ocean
Middle Cretaceous 100 mya `
Introduction to Global Plate Tectonics: North American Phanerozoic Era
Late Cretaceous 85 mya Transform faults Eroding interior
` Late Cretaceous 75 mya Hudson Bay
Early Paleocene 60 mya `
`` Middle Eocene 40 mya
25 mya
` Late Miocene 10 mya
Quaternary 2 mya to 100 tya
For additional information please contact William Szary, CPG, PG, EurGeol for details on purchasing this product. wszary@netzero.net Copyright 2014. Earth2Energy Educational Publishing. All rights reserved. Earth2Energy is a registered trademark. North American Tectonics Paleogeographic reconstruction maps were obtained from the USGS Paleomap Project , prepared by Scotese, C.R., 1997. Paleogeographic Atlas, Paleomap Progress Report 90-0497, Department of Geology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington Texas. Used with permission from C. Scotese. North American reconstruction maps were redrawn from Ron Blakely’s paleoreconstruction maps, published on the University of Arizona’s Geology Department’s web site. Music soundtrack provided by The Internet Audio Guy, and Audionautix, used in accordance with posted terms and conditions.
Contact Information: William Szary, CPG, PG, EurGeol wszary@netzero.net Copyright 2014, Earth2Energy Educational Publishing. All rights reserved. Earth2Energy is a registered trademark.
Companion Books containing slide contents are available for sale from Amazon.com Listed under Category Earth Science: geology Available Titles Include Part I. Introduction to Global Tectonic. Plate tectonics Theory, Paleogeography, and the Ocean Basins Price: $23.99 Part II. Introduction to Global Plate Tectonics: The Continents: North America, Alaska, Greenland, Mexico, and South America. Available Soon.
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