Ge161, Plate TectonicsThis file contains the figures discussed in class on 10/10/08See also class handouts on the Earth’s time scale and on the

magnetic polarity time scale

See also UTIG Plates MoviePLATES 2002 Atlas of Plate Reconstructions (750 Ma to Present

Day) (Powerpoint Animation, 2002 model)available from the web site

http://www.ig.utexas.edu/research/projects/plates/#movies

See also the homework assignment given out in class

Initial geochronology

control

Cox & Hart time scale plot