Phanerozoic Paleocontinental World Maps

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Phanerozoic Paleocontinental World Maps
Authors and Contributors      By (author) A. G. Smith
By (author) A. M. Hurley
By (author) J. C. Briden
SeriesCambridge Earth Science Series
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:106
Dimensions(mm): Height 279,Width 210
Category/GenreEarth sciences
ISBN/Barcode 9780521232586
ClassificationsDewey:912/.1551136 551.136
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 27 August 1981
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

First published in 1980, this book shows the positions of the major continental areas during the past 560 million years as four series of computer-drawn maps. The maps have been drawn for the present day, 10 and 20 million years ago, then at 20-million-year intervals back to 240 million years, and finally at 40-million-year intervals to 560 million years ago. All the maps are based on quantitative geophysical or topographic information: paleomagnetic pole positions, ocean floor magnetic anomalies, and best fits of the continental margins. Cylindrical equidistant and Lambert equal-area polar projections are used, with a thirty-degree latitude-longitude grid. Many interesting problems in the Earth Sciences are global. These maps provide a framework on which a wide variety of data may be plotted. Problems in fields as widely separated as palenontology, stratigraphy, geochemistry and tectonics may usefully be displayed on these maps.