fredhopkinsiii
02-05-2009, 05:48 PM
See at http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/pltecan.html
Plate tectonics animations
These animations were originally produced for the US Geological Survey video Secrets in Stone. They have been converted to animated gifs for web display. You may use these animations for any educational purpose, we simply request that you cite the US Geological Survey as their source. Click here (http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/mpegs.html) to go to the geology potpourri animation page.
Click here (http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/oilgas/oilgas.html) to go to the oil and gas animation page.
http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/PLATES.JPG (http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/PLATES_3.MPG) PLATES_3.MPG - Click on image to see animation (3.2 MB)
Plate motions from 600 million years ago to today
http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/14.gif (http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/A14.gif) 14.gif - Click on image to see animation
1) Begins with view of Earth with continents in their present positions, 2) continents move back in time to reunite as Pangaea, 3) Pangaea label appears, 4) Locations of stratigraphic and fossil evidence that Wegener used to argue in favor of continental drift is added.
http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/15.gif (http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/A15.gif) 15.gif - Click on image to see animation
1) This animation begins where 14.gif (http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/A15.gif) leaves off. Begins with globe showing Pangaea reunited and shows locations of stratigraphic and fossil evidence that Wegener used to argue in favor of continental drift, 2) then continents break up and move to their present positions, carrying the evidence with them.
http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/58.gif (http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/A58.gif) 58.gif - Click on image to see animation
1) Begins with map of world topography and oceans with plate boundaries, 2) arrows representing plate vectors appear.
Learn more about plate tectonics (http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/pltec/pltec1.html)
Plate tectonics animations
These animations were originally produced for the US Geological Survey video Secrets in Stone. They have been converted to animated gifs for web display. You may use these animations for any educational purpose, we simply request that you cite the US Geological Survey as their source. Click here (http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/mpegs.html) to go to the geology potpourri animation page.
Click here (http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/oilgas/oilgas.html) to go to the oil and gas animation page.
http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/PLATES.JPG (http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/PLATES_3.MPG) PLATES_3.MPG - Click on image to see animation (3.2 MB)
Plate motions from 600 million years ago to today
http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/14.gif (http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/A14.gif) 14.gif - Click on image to see animation
1) Begins with view of Earth with continents in their present positions, 2) continents move back in time to reunite as Pangaea, 3) Pangaea label appears, 4) Locations of stratigraphic and fossil evidence that Wegener used to argue in favor of continental drift is added.
http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/15.gif (http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/A15.gif) 15.gif - Click on image to see animation
1) This animation begins where 14.gif (http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/A15.gif) leaves off. Begins with globe showing Pangaea reunited and shows locations of stratigraphic and fossil evidence that Wegener used to argue in favor of continental drift, 2) then continents break up and move to their present positions, carrying the evidence with them.
http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/58.gif (http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/A58.gif) 58.gif - Click on image to see animation
1) Begins with map of world topography and oceans with plate boundaries, 2) arrows representing plate vectors appear.
Learn more about plate tectonics (http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/pltec/pltec1.html)