Moving continents
© lkportfolio.com
Explore 200 million years of continental drift - from the breakup of Pangaea to the present day.
Move the slider or press play.
200 Ma
million years ago
Early Jurassic
Speed:
Data source:
Coastline reconstructions from the GPlates Web Service
using the Zahirovic et al. (2022) plate reconstruction model.
EarthByte Group, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney. Data licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
References: Zahirovic, S., et al., 2022, Subduction kinematics and carbonate platform interactions: Geoscience Data Journal, doi: 10.1002/gdj3.146
Müller, R.D., et al., 2019, A global plate model including lithospheric deformation along major rifts and orogens since the Triassic: Tectonics, vol. 38.
EarthByte Group, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney. Data licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
References: Zahirovic, S., et al., 2022, Subduction kinematics and carbonate platform interactions: Geoscience Data Journal, doi: 10.1002/gdj3.146
Müller, R.D., et al., 2019, A global plate model including lithospheric deformation along major rifts and orogens since the Triassic: Tectonics, vol. 38.