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Global Analysis, Interpretation, and Modelling
The goal of GAIM is to advance the study of the coupled dynamics of the Earth system using as tools both data and models.
http://gaim.sr.unh.edu/
NOAA Paleoclimatology Program
Paleoclimate data, applied research, and education. Features an interface to the World Data Center for paleoclimatology, offering access to original scientific data.
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/paleo.html
Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project
Coordinates and encourages the systematic study of atmospheric general circulation models (AGCMs) and to assess their ability to simulate large changes of climate such as those that occurred in the distant past.
http://www-lsce.cea.fr/pmip/
Global Earth History
A series of plate-tectonic reconstructions to show the broad patterns of Phanerozoic Earth history.
http://vishnu.glg.nau.edu/rcb/globaltext.h...
Paleoclimatology and Climate System Dynamics
Introduction to the field by Jonathan T. Overpeck. Provided by the American Geophysical Union.
http://www.agu.org/revgeophys/overpe00/ove...
Quaternary Palynology Research by Pim de Klerk
Presentation of research projects involving pollen analysis for the study of environmental and climatic changes from late Pleistocene to present, with main focus on northern Germany.
http://people.freenet.de/pimdeklerk/
Evolution of the Colorado River and its Tributaries
Article introducing a model for the evolution of the Colorado River and the origin of the Grand Canyon.
http://www.durangobill.com/Paleorivers_pre...
ALP-IMP Research Project
Multi-centennial climate variability in the Alps. Compilation project of instrumental data and proxy information from tree-ring records, isotopic ice core records, and glacier variability records.
http://www.zamg.ac.at/ALP-IMP/
Lithologic, Paleogeographic, and Paleocurrent Maps of the World
Offers images of time slices of different ages of the Earth.
http://geology.swau.edu/
Geology Resources at Colorado University
Paleogeography "movies" of the southwestern United States and the western hemisphere based upon maps made at Northern Arizona by Ron Blakely.
http://www.colorado.edu/GeolSci/Resources/
Paleomap
Virtual reality reconstructions illustrating the plate tectonic development of the ocean basins and continents, as well as the changing distribution of land and sea during the past 1100 million years.
http://www.scotese.com/
Paleogeography of the Southwestern US
Maps showing period-by-period reconstructions of the paleogeography of Southwest United States.
http://vishnu.glg.nau.edu/rcb/paleogeogwus...
Himalayan Interdisciplinary Paleoclimate Project
Research into the paleoclimatology of the Himalayan mountains, focused on understanding changes in the Indian and Plateau monsoons over the past 2000 years, 20,000 years, and beyond.
http://www.ccrc.sr.unh.edu/hipp/hipphp.htm...
Atlantis and Paleogeography
Known paleogeography is compared to the geography of Plato's Atlantis. Written for a general audience it sums up relevant facts including from recent research, and illustrates with video and multimedia.
http://atlantisinireland.com/
Caribbean Tectonic Reconstructions
Reconstructions of the Caribbean at various times in the geologic past (past 200 million years)
http://www.fiu.edu/orgs/caribgeol/Caribrec...
ODSN Plate Tectonic Reconstruction Service
Ocean Drilling Stratigraphic Network (ODNS) interactive tool to calculate platetectonic reconstructions of any age back to 150 My.
http://www.odsn.de/odsn/services/paleomap/...
Ocean Drilling Program - JANUS Database
Database includes paleontological, lithostratigraphic, chemical, physical, sedimentological, and geophysical data for ocean sediments and hard rocks.
http://www-odp.tamu.edu/database/
Plate Movements and Climate Change
Student exercise from Karen L. Bice of Pennsylvania State University.
http://www.beloit.edu/~SEPM/Earth_Works/Pl...
PAGES
International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP) on paleoclimatology.
http://www.pages.unibe.ch/
Pangea Coring Workshop
Announcement and description of an international workshop on a climatic, biotic, and tectonic transect, pole-to-pole, across the early Mesozoic supercontinent, June 1999. Updated regularly.
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~polsen/nbcp/...
Plate Tectonics - Online Data and Software Tools
Data access and software for computing plate tectonic, paleomagnetism, marine gravity anomalies provided by the Istituto Tecnico Industriale E. Molinari, Milan.
http://www.itis-molinari.mi.it/Geo.html
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