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.
- 1. Introduction to Global Plate Tectonics Part IV . Global
Tectonics Evolution The Continents Narrated by William Szary
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2. 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. 3.
Global Tectonics: The Details Part IV. The Continents Part C. The
North American Phanerozoic Era: Post Cambrian Tectonic History.
Estimated Time: 31 min. 4. North America Reconstructing the
Phanerozoic Era Tectonics 5. Late Cambrian Period 500 mya N Rheic
Ocean Panthalassic Ocean 6. Late Ordovician 430 mya Rheic Ocean
Canada US Baltica Panthalassic Ocean Avalonian Plate Iaepetus Ocean
7. Late Devonian 350 mya Laurentia Baltica Gondwana Panthalassic
Ocean 8. Carboniferous 300 mya Wandel Sea 9. Late Triassic 195 mya
North America Africa South America Pacific Ocean BalticaWandel Sea
10. Middle Jurassic 155 mya ` 11. Tethys Ocean 12. Middle
Cretaceous 100 mya ` 13. Late Cretaceous 85 mya Transform faults
Eroding interior 14. ` Late Cretaceous 75 mya Hudson Bay 15. Early
Paleocene 60 mya ` 16. `` Middle Eocene 40 mya 17. 25 mya 18. `
Late Miocene 10 mya 19. Quaternary 2 mya to 100 tya 20. For
additional information please contact William Szary, CPG, PG,
EurGeol for details on purchasing this product. [email protected]
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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 Blakelys paleoreconstruction maps, published
on the University of Arizonas Geology Departments web site. Music
soundtrack provided by The Internet Audio Guy, and Audionautix,
used in accordance with posted terms and conditions. 21. Contact
Information: William Szary, CPG, PG, EurGeol [email protected]
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Books containing slide contents are available for sale from
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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. 23. THE ENDCopyright 2014, Earth2Energy
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