Animated Maps: Tectonic Plate Movement

This set of 41 paleo-elevation models (DEM) represents the changing paleogeography of the oceans and continents back to 540 million years ago (Cambrian-Precambrian Period). The snapshots of ancient elevation and bathymetry, based on the interpretation of the rock record, were estimated for time intervals 5 million years apart. The digital elevation model starts when Pangea split into the supercontinents of Laurasia (northern hemisphere) and Gondwana (southern hemisphere). These two continents subsequently subdivided to form the modern continents and ocean basins. India, which rifted from Gondwana ~100 million years ago collided with Asia to form the Himalaya mountains and Tibetan plateau 50 million years ago. The resolution of the data is 1 geographic degree.

This animated map was made using Esri's ArcGIS Pro, GPlates, Cinema 4D, Redshift, and Adobe After Effects. Please visit http://ow.ly/fm2950xgu0B for more information about ArcGIS Pro.

The data used to create the side animation are courtesy of Prof. Christopher R. Scotese, PALEOMAP Project: http://www.earthbyte.org/paleodem-res...

Music: The Wild West by Loya

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