Plate Tectonics Viewed from South Pole - Scotese Animation

This animation shows the plate tectonic evolution during the last 540 million years as viewed from the South Pole. The South Pole (small white dot) is kept fixed near the lower part of the screen. The colored regions are ocean floor that was created at mid-ocean ridges. The white areas are regions of ocean floor that have been subducted. The animation clearly shows how Antarctica has remained near the South Pole for more than 300 million years. During the Paleozoic, the South Pole moves from North Africa (500 Ma), across central Africa and eastern Brazil (400 Ma), and crosses into Antarctica by the end of the Paleozoic (250 Ma). Please refer to this animation as: Scotese, C.R., 2014. Plate Tectonics Viewed from the South Pole, http://youtu.be/gjCcJtnbg_A, PALEOMAP Project, Evanston, IL. Thank you! Prof. Christopher R. Scotese Director, PALEOMAP Project 134 Dodge, Evanston Illinois 60202 817 914 7090 (cell) For more information about plate tectonics and earth history visit: www.scotese.com or www.globalgeology.com. For more information about the research, publications, and animations of C.R. Scotese, see the links below: Download complimentary copies (pdfs) of Scotese publications, visit: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christopher_Scotese3?ev=hdr_xprf or https://uta.academia.edu/ChristopherScotese View Scotese animations at: https://www.youtube.com/user/cscotese View interview of Professor Scotese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qesJYbwKtY for more information about the PALEOMAP Project http://www.linkedin.com/pub/christopher-scotese/57/4aa/932 or www.scotese.com APPS: Free app - EarthViewer (Apple/Android) showing plate tectonic and paleogeographic evolution through time: http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/earthviewer Also check out these apps for the iPhone & iPad: Cover Art Ancient Earth: Breakup of Pangea Thomas L. Moore Category: Education Updated: Mar 19, 2012 ALSO Ancient Earth Assembly of Pangea (200 Ma - 540 Ma) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ancient-earth-assembly-pangea/id562791029?mt=8