An atlas of Phanerozoic paleogeographic maps: the seas come in and the seas go out

CR Scotese - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Paleogeography is the study of the changing surface of Earth through time. Driven by plate
tectonics, the configuration of the continents and ocean basins has been in constant flux …

[HTML][HTML] Orogenic architecture of the Mediterranean region and kinematic reconstruction of its tectonic evolution since the Triassic

DJJ Van Hinsbergen, TH Torsvik, SM Schmid… - Gondwana …, 2020 - Elsevier
The basins and orogens of the Mediterranean region ultimately result from the opening of
oceans during the early break-up of Pangea since the Triassic, and their subsequent …

Global bathymetry and topography at 15 arc sec: SRTM15+

B Tozer, DT Sandwell, WHF Smith… - Earth and Space …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
An updated global bathymetry and topography grid is presented using a spatial sampling
interval of 15 arc sec. The bathymetry is produced using a combination of shipboard …

Slab2, a comprehensive subduction zone geometry model

GP Hayes, GL Moore, DE Portner, M Hearne… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Subduction zones are home to the most seismically active faults on the planet. The shallow
megathrust interfaces of subduction zones host Earth's largest earthquakes and are likely …

A global data set of present‐day oceanic crustal age and seafloor spreading parameters

M Seton, RD Müller, S Zahirovic… - Geochemistry …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We present an updated oceanic crustal age grid and a set of complementary grids including
spreading rate, asymmetry, direction, and obliquity. Our data set is based on a selected set …

The subduction of the west Pacific plate and the destruction of the North China Craton

R Zhu, Y Xu - Science China Earth Sciences, 2019 - Springer
While a general concensus has recently been reached as to the causal relationship
between the subduction of the west Pacific plate and the destruction of the North China …

Mantle plumes and their role in Earth processes

AAP Koppers, TW Becker, MG Jackson… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
The existence of mantle plumes was first proposed in the 1970s to explain intra-plate,
hotspot volcanism, yet owing to difficulties in resolving mantle upwellings with geophysical …

The supercontinent cycle

RN Mitchell, N Zhang, J Salminen, Y Liu… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Supercontinents signify self-organization in plate tectonics. Over the past~ 2 billion years,
three major supercontinents have been identified, with increasing age: Pangaea, Rodinia …

GlobSed: Updated total sediment thickness in the world's oceans

EO Straume, C Gaina, S Medvedev… - Geochemistry …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We present GlobSed, a new global 5‐arc‐minute total sediment thickness grid for the world's
oceans and marginal seas. GlobSed covers a larger area than previously published global …

The 2013 European seismic hazard model: key components and results

J Woessner, D Laurentiu, D Giardini, H Crowley… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2015 - Springer
Abstract The 2013 European Seismic Hazard Model (ESHM13) results from a community-
based probabilistic seismic hazard assessment supported by the EU-FP7 project “Seismic …