History of Earth's Plates and Contiental formation

1st Edition:
A brief video of the movement of the continents over the geological time scale caused by plate tectonics.

Version 2.0: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNmUd43pabg

Video Information:
Images created by Dr. Ron Blakey at Northern Arizona University

Category:

Education

Tags:

• tectonics
• tectonic
• plate
• precambrian
• cambrian
• sillurian
• tertiary
• quartenary
• carbiniferous
• ordivician
• jurrassic
• triassic
• cretaceous
• hadean
• geology
• geological
• time

[johnh1967]

Nice but would be better if you added a timescale either as a line or text.

Assuming those are Ron Blakeys globes you should probably give him some credit

[fpgt91]

Issue 1: Time - This was a quick attempt to get a "feel" for youtube. It was my first video and I've created a second version, which is linked to under the "more info" which includes more information.

Issue 2: Credit is given to Ron Blakey and his works under "more info"

[gregrutz]

some dates would be nice.

[fpgt91]

Hey Gregrutz, I agree they certainly would; however, this was just a test run for me as it was my first video on youtube. Please check out the 2nd version, just click on "more info" for the link. It has dates, and info. Hope you enjoy it

Cheers

[Xenodamus]

@ 12 seconds, which geological period is it at?

All those shallow and warm tropical seas... it could be paradise if it weren't for the never ending natural smog and oxygen poisoning *cough cough*.

[fpgt91]

@Xenodamus It's roughly 450Ma, the Late Ordovician to 430Ma, Early Silurian, check my 2nd version of this video for more details, posted under "more info".

[diegothegreatthe66th]

The 2nd Version isn't available in America (Or at least where I am)! This sucks...

[shresthaalbin]

good video

[albertomoraless]

two pangas were joined for 65 million years, and the north of Mexico Yucatan meteorite 30 kilometers in diameter, and divided the two pangas human life was created apart from that meteorite in Mexico that divided the two Mesopotamian rivers bordering with those of America and mesopotamia life has done in the two continents not only in Africa but in the two mesoboth Mesoamerica and Mesopotamia were a meteor and the divided and get started to create human beings through life we yucatan Mexico

[albertomoraless]

two pangas were joined for 65 million years, and the north of Mexico Yucatan meteorite 30 kilometers in diameter, and divided the two pangas human life was created apart from that meteorite in Mexico that divided the two Mesopotamian rivers bordering with those of America and mesopotamia life has done in the two continents not only in Africa but in the two mesoboth Mesoamerica and Mesopotamia were a meteor and the divided and get started to create human beings have life thanks to Mexico now

[cwoods191]

If you think THIS is interesting then you need to consider what the Impact and Exit Event theory has to say. The theory is a facinatingly new concept which adopts and refines Plate Tectonics while acknowledging the possibility of some of what is in the above video. In my opinion the impact and exit event has expanded our understanding of what causes plate tectonics and the driving force behind them, and what is likely to happen to Earth in the future. Well worth a read.

[fpgt91]

@DodecaDude Oh if only there were such a model available...perhaps there are a good amount of papers that one could extract the information from and build a model from there; however, as far as I am aware, there is only a model of ocean depth (chiefly provided by paleontological data) and continental crust.

Although, such a model would be nice to see it would have to be based primarily on assumption as subduction consumes oceanic crust and is rarely over 200 years old.