3. PALEOMAP Project 2013 Highlights
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New Global Plate Model (Scotesev13a)
– Fixes “gaps”; High resolution ocean age polygons
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Finalized PaleoAtlas Time Slices:
– One plate tectonic reconstruction for every stratigraphic stage (103 intervals)
– Additional paleogeographic maps for every Supersequence Boundary (SSB) & Maximum
Flooding Surface (MFS) (~140 total paleomaps)
– “PaleoAtlas Toolbar” for PaleoGIS (Rothwell Group)
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Began work on Earth System Archive
– Define +50 ESA variables
– 4 new paleoclimate models (early Miocene, late Albian,Pennsylvanian, &mid Silurian)
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Finalized Global Geology.com
– batch import & export tools
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Publication of Boucot, Xu & Scotese (2013) by SEPM
Relocated back to Chicago (Evanston)
– To work on book “History of the Earth”; words to go with maps (documentation &
storytelling)
4. PALEOMAP Plans for 2014
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Update & Populate Time Slices
Focus on Earth System Archive
– 4 additional paleoclimate simulations (total ~30)
– Build core of ESA with ‘GANDOLPH’ paleoclimate results
– Build user-friendly “backtracking “ tools
New Layers for PaleoAtlas
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“Paleogeology” from Khain et al. atlases (~40 maps)
Lithofacies symbols & shading
Paleomagnetic poles & vectors
Hot Spots & LIPS
Geologic info from: Global Geology & PaleoBiology DB, COSUNA
Gridded raster versions of info from Earth System Archive
Resurrect Regional Plate Models
– SE Asia, Caribbean & GOM, W.Indian Ocean, Circum-Arctic, South Atlantic, & Neoproterozoic
(back to 1300 Ma)
Provide paleogeographic 1x1 grids for Rothwell’s Paleoclimate Software
Rough drafts of 20-25 Chapters of “History of the Earth” (~18 done)
39. Earth System Archive
Variables
• Type I
Descriptions/Measurements (17)
e.g. basin name/ PaleoDEM
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Global Geology (22)
e.g. Lithology, Formation Name
• Type III Paleoclimate (FOAM) (18)
e.g. Mean Annual Temperature)
• Type IV
Derivative (Composite) (infinite)
e.g. Carbonate Facies Probability
40. Earth System Archive:
Deliverables
Digital Data
2 Geologic “Data Cubes” of ESA variables
e.g. Mean Annual Temperature (MAT), Carbonate
Facies Probability (CFP), Carbonate/Clastic Ratio (CCR)
Cube (1) in paleoLat & paleoLong” to overlay
paleomaps
Cube (2) in modern Lat & Long for comparison
with unreconstructed data & maps
Software
“BackTracker” Program that creates bivariate plots
of ESA variables back through time.
44. Earth System Archive
Variables
• Type I
Descriptions/Measurements (17)
e.g. basin name/ PaleoDEM
• Type II
Global Geology (22)
e.g. Lithology, Formation Name
• Type III Paleoclimate (FOAM) (18)
e.g. Mean Annual Temperature)
• Type IV
Derivative (Composite) (infinite)
e.g. Carbonate Facies Probability
45. Type I
Descriptions/Measurements
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Map Age
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Modern Latitude
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Country
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Geographic Region
Geodynamic Unit (Plate ID)
Paleolatitude
Paleolongitude
Elevation
PaleoDEM Identifier
Continentality
Oceanality (Restriction)
Distance from Coastline
Geological Outcrop
Basin Name
Depth to Basement
Age of Basement
46. Type II Global Geology
Geological Formation
Geological Comment
Approximate Thickness
Source: Outcrop/Well
Source of Data
Data Collected by
Depth from Surface
Sedimentary Lithology
Igneous/Metamorphic
Lithology
• Climate Indicators
• Accessory Rock Types
• Clastic/Carbonate
Ratio
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• Terrestrial Depositional
Environment
• Marine/Transitional
Depositional Environment
• Sequence Stratigraphy
• Rock Unit above
• Rock Unit below
• Age of unconformity above
• Age of unconformity below
• Age Assignment Reliability
• Outcrop Image
• Stratigraphic Section Image
47. Type III Climate Model
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Mean Annual Temperature
Sea Bottom Temperature
Mean Annual Precipitation
Runoff
Runoff to Ocean
Paleodrainage Basin
PaleoRIver
River Volume
Ice Thickness
Salinity
Summer/Winter Surface Currents
Sea Bottom Currents
Total Upwelling
Months of Upwelling
Summer/Winter Temperature
Summer/Winter Winds
Summer/Winter Rainfall
Summer/Winter Pressure