The second part of a series on the North American continental geology, providing tectonic history continuing from the Cambrian Period to the Quaternary Period. This slide presentation picks up where the North American Precambrian tectonic history ended. The Precambrian slide show was previously posted earlier.

1. Introduction to Global Plate Tectonics
Part IV .
Global Tectonics Evolution
The Continents
Narrated by William Szary
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3. Global Tectonics: The Details
Part IV. The Continents
Part C. The North American
Phanerozoic Era: Post Cambrian Tectonic History.
Estimated Time: 31 min.

4. North America
Reconstructing the
Phanerozoic Era
Tectonics

6. Late Cambrian
Period
500 mya
N
Rheic
Ocean
Panthalassic
Ocean

8. Late Ordovician
430 mya
Rheic Ocean
Canada
US
Baltica
Panthalassic
Ocean
Avalonian
Plate
Iaepetus
Ocean

10. Late Devonian
350 mya
Laurentia
Baltica
Gondwana
Panthalassic
Ocean

12. Carboniferous
300 mya
Wandel
Sea

14. Late Triassic
195 mya
North America
Africa
South America
Pacific Ocean
BalticaWandel
Sea

15. Middle Jurassic
155 mya
`

16. Tethys
Ocean

17. Middle
Cretaceous
100 mya
`

19. Late
Cretaceous
85 mya
Transform
faults
Eroding
interior

20. `
Late
Cretaceous
75 mya
Hudson
Bay

21. Early
Paleocene
60 mya
`

22. ``
Middle
Eocene
40 mya

23. 25 mya

24. `
Late
Miocene
10 mya

25. Quaternary
2 mya to 100
tya

26. For additional information please contact
William Szary, CPG, PG, EurGeol for details on
purchasing this product.
wszary@netzero.net
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North American Tectonics
Paleogeographic reconstruction maps were obtained from the
USGS Paleomap Project , prepared by Scotese, C.R., 1997.
Paleogeographic Atlas, Paleomap Progress Report 90-0497,
Department of Geology, University of Texas at Arlington,
Arlington Texas. Used with permission from C. Scotese.
North American reconstruction maps were redrawn from Ron
Blakely’s paleoreconstruction maps, published on the
University of Arizona’s Geology Department’s web site.
Music soundtrack provided by The Internet Audio Guy, and
Audionautix, used in accordance with posted terms and
conditions.

27. Contact Information:
William Szary, CPG, PG,
EurGeol
wszary@netzero.net
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28. Companion Books containing slide contents are available for sale from
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Listed under Category
Earth Science: geology
Available Titles Include
Part I. Introduction to Global Tectonic.
Plate tectonics Theory, Paleogeography, and the Ocean Basins
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Part II. Introduction to Global Plate Tectonics:
The Continents: North America, Alaska, Greenland, Mexico, and South
America.
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