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Paleomap Project part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The goal of the PALEOMAP Project is to illustrate the plate tectonic development of the ocean basins and continents, as well as the changing distribution of land and sea during the past 1100 million ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps, Animations/Video
Stratigraphic Cross Section of Northeast Texas part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Cretaceous sedimentary rocks of Northeast Texas provide important clues about paleogeography, paleotectonics, and sea level fluctuation. This website describes several of these rock units and the ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Bibliography, Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Cretaceous Tethyan Stratigraphy part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The objective of this site is to construct a database for Cretaceous Tethyan stratigraphy. Stratigraphic information, photos and charts are arranged by geologic stage in a vertical menu. The types of ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Western Interior Seaway part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The Western Interior Seaway is an ancient intracontinental seaway that occupied much of modern western North America and existed throughout much of the Cretaceous Period. This site discusses the ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Continental growth during a 1.9-Ga superplume event part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This paper, published in the Journal of Geodynamics, suggests that a global superplume event at 1.9 Ga was responsible for the addition of new juvenile continental crust to cratons. This growth was ...
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Opinion
Paleomap Project Earth History part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The goal of the Earth History segment of the Paleomap Project is to illustrate global plate tectonic development, as well as the changing configuration of landmasses and seas during the past 1100 ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps
Ophiomorpha Trace Fossils from the Cretaceous Dakota Sandstone part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site provides a brief discussion of trace fossils, the Dakota Sandstone, the ichnofacies within this unit and the environments these strata record. Photos and illustrations of Ophiomorpha trace ...
Late Archaean superplume events: a Kaapvaal-Pilbara perspective part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This paper, published in the journal Geodynamics, summarizes evidence for superplume events in the Kaapvaal (South Africa) and Pilbara (Australia) regions. Flood basalts and graben-related ...