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Summary
[From Global Paleogeographic Views of Earth History - Late Precambrian
to Recent, by Ronald C. Blakey,
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/globaltext2.html]

The globes presented in this series show how Earth may have appeared
over the last 600 million years (Ma). The global views were prepared
from rectangular ... projections drawn at a resolution of 3000x1500 pixels
for each of the 26 time slices (small files of the rectangular maps
are also included). Topography was "cloned" from digital elevation
maps of modern Earth from the USGS. Colors were adjusted to portray
climate and vegetation for the given time and location. The modern
Earth was also drawn in this manner using a color pallet derived from
satellite images created by ARC Science of Loveland, Colorado. The
geologic data was gathered from the references listed below. The
completed rectangular images were then wrapped on a sphere and saved
as jpg files.

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: Ronald C. Blakey Dataset Title: Global Paleogeographic Views of Earth History - Late Precambrian to Recent Dataset Publisher: Northern Arizona University Data Presentation Form: Globes, maps Online Resource: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/globaltext2.html

Paleo Temporal Coverage

Chrono Unit: PHANEROZOIC  >  PALEOZOIC  >  CAMBRIAN Chrono Unit: PROTEROZOIC  >  PRECAMBRIAN Chrono Unit: PHANEROZOIC  >  PALEOZOIC  >  ORDOVICIAN Chrono Unit: PHANEROZOIC  >  PALEOZOIC  >  SILURIAN Chrono Unit: PHANEROZOIC  >  PALEOZOIC  >  DEVONIAN Chrono Unit: PHANEROZOIC  >  PALEOZOIC  >  CARBONIFEROUS  >  MISSISSIPPIAN Chrono Unit: PHANEROZOIC  >  PALEOZOIC  >  CARBONIFEROUS  >  PENNSYLVANIAN Chrono Unit: PHANEROZOIC  >  PALEOZOIC  >  PERMIAN Chrono Unit: PHANEROZOIC  >  MESOZOIC  >  TRIASSIC Chrono Unit: PHANEROZOIC  >  MESOZOIC  >  JURASSIC Chrono Unit: PHANEROZOIC  >  MESOZOIC  >  CRETACEOUS Chrono Unit: PHANEROZOIC  >  CENOZOIC Chrono Unit: PHANEROZOIC  >  CENOZOIC  >  QUATERNARY

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHOLOGY > TECTONIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > LANDFORMS OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHOLOGY > TECTONIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE BOUNDARIES SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > LITHOSPHERIC PLATE MOTION SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > FOLDS OCEANS > MARINE GEOPHYSICS > PLATE TECTONICS

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION ELEVATION OCEANS

Platform

MAPS

Access Constraints
None

Use Constraints
Please cite data set creator, Dr. Ronald C. Blakey.

Ancillary Keywords

CONTINENTAL DRIFT PALEOGEOGRAPHY PLATE TECTONICS PALEOTECTONICS MAPS EARTH HISTORY GEOLOGY

Data Center

Department of Geology, Northern Arizona University Data Center URL: http://www4.nau.edu/geology/ Data Center Personnel Name: RONALD C. BLAKEY Phone: (928) 523-2740 Fax: (928) 523-9220 Email: ronald.blakey at nau.edu Contact Address: Department of Geology, Box 4099 Northern Arizona University City: Flagstaff Province or State: AZ Postal Code: 86011 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: Online (HTTP) Distribution Format: HTML Fees: none

Personnel

GENE R. MAJOR Role: DIF AUTHOR Email: gsfc-gcmduso at mail.nasa.gov RONALD C. BLAKEY Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: (928) 523-2740 Fax: (928) 523-9220 Email: ronald.blakey at nau.edu Contact Address: Department of Geology, Box 4099 Northern Arizona University City: Flagstaff Province or State: AZ Postal Code: 86011 Country: USA

Related URL

Link: GET DATA Description: Global Paleogeographic Views of Earth History - Late Precambrian to Recent home page Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION Description: Global Paleogeography during the Mississippian

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2003-11-19 Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-01-21 Future DIF Review Date: 2004-11-19

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