Part IIIB continues the geologic histories of the Panthalassic-Pacific Ocean basins from Part III A (previously posted). This presentation was edited to shorten the length to 25 minutes. An audio soundtrack is included for each slide. The Philipine Plate, Wharton Basin, and Indian Ocean slides were removed from this show. Part III C will include these topics to be posted at a future time.

1. Introduction to Global Plate Tectonics
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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

4. Present Day
Pacific Plate
Cretaceous Period

5. 48 mya

6. 42 mya

7. Emperor
Seamount Chain
Hawaiian Island
Chain
Eocene to Oligocene Epochs
Cocos Plate
NazcaPlate
Juan de
Fuca Plate
East
Pacific
Rise

8. Kure
Seamount
Oligocene to Miocene Epochs
Emperor
Seamount Chain

9. The Hawaiian Island Volcanic Chain
Hawaiian
Hot Spot

10. Pacific
Plate
Subduction zone
Spreading center
Island volcanics
Fiji
Vanuatu
Indo-
Australian
Plate
A
B
The Vityaz Arc & Trench System

11. A
B
C
Pacific
Plate
Indo-Australian
Plate
D
E
The Lau-Tonga Arc & Trench System
F
G

12. A
Pacific
Plate
Indo-Australian Plate
Norfolk
Ridge
B
C
D
E
F
Pliocene to Recent Tectonics

13. A
Easter Island
microplate
B
The Easter Island Fracture Zone

14. Cambrian to Jurassic Periods
New Zealand

15. Tasman Sea
spreading
center

16. Campbell
Plateau
Tasman Basin
Antarctic
Ridge
Pacific Plate
Lord Howe
Rise

17. The Indo-Australian Plate

18. A
B
C

19. A

20. 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.

21. Contact Information:
William Szary, CPG, PG,
EurGeol
wszary@netzero.net
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22. Other video slide shows available on
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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
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