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Introduction to Global Plate Tectonics Copyright 2015. Earth2Energy Educational Publishing. All Rights Reserved. Earth2Energy is a registered trademark. Part IIIB. Global Tectonics Evolution The Ocean Basins featuring The Panthalassic- Pacific Ocean; New Zealand; the Phillipine Plate, the Wharton Basin, and the Indian Ocean Narrated by William Szary

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1. Introduction to Global Plate Tectonics Copyright 2015. Earth2Energy Educational Publishing. All Rights Reserved. Earth2Energy is a registered trademark. Part IIIB. Global Tectonics Evolution The Ocean Basins featuring The Panthalassic- Pacific Ocean; New Zealand; the Phillipine Plate, the Wharton Basin, and the Indian Ocean Narrated by William Szary 2. The Pacific Ocean 3. Present Day Pacific Plate Cretaceous Period 4. 48 mya 5. 42 mya 6. Emperor Seamount Chain Hawaiian Island Chain Eocene to Oligocene Epochs Cocos Plate NazcaPlate Juan de Fuca Plate East Pacific Rise 7. Kure Seamount Oligocene to Miocene Epochs Emperor Seamount Chain 8. The Hawaiian Island Volcanic Chain Hawaiian Hot Spot 9. Pacific Plate Subduction zone Spreading center Island volcanics Fiji Vanuatu Indo- Australian Plate A B The Vityaz Arc & Trench System 10. A B C Pacific Plate Indo-Australian Plate D E The Lau-Tonga Arc & Trench System F G 11. A Pacific Plate Indo-Australian Plate Norfolk Ridge B C D E F Pliocene to Recent Tectonics 12. A Easter Island microplate B The Easter Island Fracture Zone 13. Cambrian to Jurassic Periods New Zealand 14. Tasman Sea spreading center 15. Campbell Plateau Tasman Basin Antarctic Ridge Pacific Plate Lord Howe Rise 16. The Indo-Australian Plate 17. A B C 18. A 19. Pacific Ocean References Text was extracted from Kolker, A._. Geological history of the Central Mediterranean Basin: An outline of Cenozoic events. Published on the internet., no date provided. The World Ocean Map (1981), Atlantic Ocean Basin (1969), and Pacific Ocean Basin (1969) maps were published by the National Geographic Society. Text for the Fiji Islands was obtained from the Fiji Ministry of Lands & Mineral Resources. Plate tectonic history of Fiji. ISSN 1016-2135, published on the internet. Text for the Easter Islands was extracted from Neall, VE, Trewick, SA. The age & origin of the Pacific Islands: a geological overview. Published on the internet by The Royal Society, 2008. New Zealand text was extracted from The Geological History of New Zealand, University of Waikato, New Zealand. Published on the internet with no author citation. The New Zealand satellite imagery was obtained from the WorldAtlas.com web site. Music soundtrack provided by Audionautix used in accordance with Creative Commons Licensing Agreements. 20. Contact Information: William Szary, CPG, PG, EurGeol [email protected] Copyright 2015. Earth2Energy Educational Publishing. All rights reserved. Earth2Energy is a registered trademark. 21. Other video slide shows available on Slideshare.com : Part I. Plate Tectonics Theory Part II. Paleogeography. Part IIIA. Global Tectonic Evolution. The Oceans featuring the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Ocean, Nazca & Cocos Plates, and the Mediterranean Sea. Part IV. Global Tectonic Evolution. The Continents. Alaskan Tectonics North American Precambrian Era Craton North American Phanerozoic Era History Copyright 2014. Earth2Energy Educational Publishing. All rights reserved. Earth2Energy is a registered trademark. 22. Companion Book Series for Sale on Amazon.comCopyright 2015. Earth2Energy Educational Publishing. All rights reserved. Earth2Energy is a registered trademark.