1. Rothwell
PaleoGIS Meeting
Houston
Fall, 2013
PALEOMAP Project Update

2. Thanks to PaleoAtlas Sponsors
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Shell 2002*
Anadarko 2003*
BHP 2003
ChevronTexaco 2003*
(KerrMcGee 2003)
Oxy 2003
Total 2003*
Petrobras 2004
Pioneer 2004
ExxonMobil 2004
Marathon 2004
BP 2005
StatOil (Hydro) 2005*
Woodside 2005
Newmont Mining 2005
ConocoPhillips 2006
Cobalt Int 2006
ENI 2007**
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(Devon 2006)
Vale 2008
Petronas 2008*
Apache 2010
Noble Energy 2011
Repsol 2012
HRT 2012
Mubadala (Pearl) 2012
RWE 2012
CEPSA 2012
KNOC 2013
Hess 2013
Maersk 2013
OMV 2013
*GANDOLPH sponsors

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)

5. PALEOMAP Project

6. Revised PALEOMAP Global Plate
Model
New Age of Ocean Floor Model

13. PALEOMAP Project

16. >100 PALEOMAP PaleoAtlas Time
Intervals (one for every geological
stage & major sequence boundary)
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new # of maps
Cenozoic 10
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Cretaceous 8
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Jurassic 6
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Triassic 4
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Late Paleozoic 12
Early Paleozoic 10
Precambrian 3
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17. Paleogeology / Provenance

18. Khain, Ronov & Seslavinsky (1993)

19. Principal Feature Groups
• Graticule
• Modern Boundaries (rivers,lakes,cities,basins,high & low
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resolution political boundaries)
Lithology (reefs, ophiolites, Boucot, PGAP, ODP)
Plate Tectonics (ancient plates, active plate boundaries,
motion vectors, labels, isochron, age of oceans, XOM Tectonic
Map**)
• PaleoRivers & Drainage (ArcGIS Hydrology Tool)
• PaleoClimate (Climate Zones, FOAM Results*)
• Paleogeography (Simple Pgeog, Hi-Res Pgeog, Highstand &
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Lowstand shorelines, PaleoDEM,Sequence Stratigraphy – SSB,
MFS)
Geology (Geological Map of the World)
QuickMaps (14 different kinds of maps)

20. High Resolution Paleogeography
Aptian
120 Ma

21. Simple Paleogeography

22. Just Coastlines

23. Bas Relief

24. Geology

25. Climate Zones with Lithology

26. Paleoclimatic Reconstruction

27. Plate Tectonics

28. Time Intervals with Paleoclimate Simulations
GANDOLPH ESA
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29. Temperature

30. Rainfall

31. Winds

32. Salinity

33. Anoxia

34. Upwelling

38. Simple
Data
Structure

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.

41. “Back-Tracking”
Paleolatitude
 Elevation
 Mean Annual Temperature
 Precipitation
 & >30 other Earth System variables
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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

48. Type IV Derivative
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Coarse Clastic Facies
Carbonate Facies
Evaporite Facies
Source Facies
Koeppen Zone
Vegetation Type
Ecozone
Paleosoil