The Trapped Sea

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The Trapped Sea. Jean Nicolet, 1634. The Mediterranean. The Earth’s Plates. Pangaea, 220 m.y. 80 m.y. Plate Tectonics. What Drives It: Convection. What Drives It: Convection. How Plates Move. The Mediterranean Made Simple. The Pieces Today. The Mediterranean, 200 m.y. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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The Trapped Sea

Jean Nicolet, 1634

The Mediterranean

The Earth’s Plates

Pangaea, 220 m.y.

80 m.y.

Plate Tectonics

What Drives It: Convection

What Drives It: Convection

How Plates Move

The Mediterranean Made Simple

The Pieces Today

The Mediterranean, 200 m.y.

The Mediterranean, 195 m.y.

The Mediterranean, 175 m.y.

The Mediterranean, 165 m.y.

The Mediterranean, 148 m.y.

The Mediterranean, 123 m.y.

The Mediterranean, 110 m.y.

The Mediterranean, 80 m.y.

The Mediterranean, 63 m.y.

The Mediterranean, 53 m.y.

The Mediterranean, 20 m.y.

The Mediterranean, 15 m.y.

The Mediterranean, 6 m.y.

Filling the Mediterranean

National Geographic, January, 1973

The Mediterranean Today

The Aegean

Why Does the Mideast Have So

Much Oil?

Africa Closes on Iran

Slab Breaks Arabia Loose

Collision Tilts Arabia

Collision Crumples Crust

Heating Mobilizes Oil

Oil Migrates Into Traps

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