Paleogeography and Paleoclimatology

See also:

• Science: Biology: Ecology: Biogeography  (5)
• Science: Earth Sciences: Meteorology  (955)
• Science: Earth Sciences: Oceanography  (824)
• Science: Earth Sciences: Quaternary Studies  (84)
• Science: Environment: Climate Change  (220)

ALP-IMP Research Project - Multi-centennial climate variability in the Alps. Compilation project of instrumental data and proxy information from tree-ring records, isotopic ice core records, and glacier variability records..

Atlantis and Paleogeography - Known paleogeography is compared to the geography of Plato's Atlantis. Written for a general audience it sums up relevant facts including from recent research, and illustrates with video and multimedia..

Caribbean Tectonic Reconstructions - Reconstructions of the Caribbean at various times in the geologic past (past 200 million years).

Evolution of the Colorado River and its Tributaries - Article introducing a model for the evolution of the Colorado River and the origin of the Grand Canyon..

Geology Resources at Colorado University - Paleogeography "movies" of the southwestern United States and the western hemisphere based upon maps made at Northern Arizona by Ron Blakely..

Global Analysis, Interpretation, and Modelling - The goal of GAIM is to advance the study of the coupled dynamics of the Earth system using as tools both data and models..

Lithologic, Paleogeographic, and Paleocurrent Maps of the World - Offers images of time slices of different ages of the Earth..

NOAA Paleoclimatology Program - Paleoclimate data, applied research, and education. Features an interface to the World Data Center for paleoclimatology, offering access to original scientific data..

Ocean Drilling Program - JANUS Database - Database includes paleontological, lithostratigraphic, chemical, physical, sedimentological, and geophysical data for ocean sediments and hard rocks..

ODSN Plate Tectonic Reconstruction Service - Ocean Drilling Stratigraphic Network (ODNS) interactive tool to calculate platetectonic reconstructions of any age back to 150 My..

PAGES - International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP) on paleoclimatology..

Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project - Coordinates and encourages the systematic study of atmospheric general circulation models (AGCMs) and to assess their ability to simulate large changes of climate such as those that occurred in the distant past..

Paleoclimatology and Climate System Dynamics - Introduction to the field by Jonathan T. Overpeck. Provided by the American Geophysical Union..

Paleogeography of the Southwestern US - Maps showing period-by-period reconstructions of the paleogeography of Southwest United States..

Paleomap - Virtual reality reconstructions illustrating 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 years..

Pangea Coring Workshop - Announcement and description of an international workshop on a climatic, biotic, and tectonic transect, pole-to-pole, across the early Mesozoic supercontinent, June 1999. Updated regularly..

Plate Movements and Climate Change - Student exercise from Karen L. Bice of Pennsylvania State University..

Plate Tectonics - Online Data and Software Tools - Data access and software for computing plate tectonic, paleomagnetism, marine gravity anomalies provided by the Istituto Tecnico Industriale E. Molinari, Milan..

Quaternary Palynology Research by Pim de Klerk - Presentation of research projects involving pollen analysis for the study of environmental and climatic changes from late Pleistocene to present, with main focus on northern Germany..

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