Plate Tectonic History of the Southeast Pacific Ocean,

draft animation

This movie shows the plate tectonic evolution of the Southeast Pacific Ocean

from 80 million years ago to the present. It was made for the

"Backbone of the Americas" Conference in Mendoza, Argentina, in 2006

This is a draft movie, made from images widely spaced in time.

This movie was created by Tanya Atwater in Photoshop,

Morph and FinalCut Templates for the images

were downloaded from O.D.S.N. Plate Tectonic Reconstruction

Service at http://www.odsn.de/odsn/services/paleomap/paleomap.html