Eocene Geology

  1. Eocene Paleogeography and Plate Tectonics
    1. Global Continental Configuration
      1. Early Eocene Paleogeographic Maps
        1. Continental Positions
          1. North America
            1. South America
              1. Europe
                1. Asia
                  1. Africa
                    1. Australia
                      1. Antarctica
                      2. Ocean Basin Geometry
                        1. Atlantic Ocean Development
                          1. Pacific Ocean Configuration
                            1. Indian Ocean Evolution
                              1. Tethys Ocean Remnants
                            2. Major Tectonic Events
                              1. India-Asia Collision
                                1. Pre-collision Geography
                                  1. Initial Contact Timing
                                    1. Collision Mechanics
                                      1. Himalayan Orogeny Initiation
                                        1. Tibetan Plateau Formation
                                          1. Sedimentary Records
                                            1. Paleomagnetic Evidence
                                            2. North Atlantic Rifting
                                              1. Greenland-North America Separation
                                                1. Greenland-Eurasia Separation
                                                  1. North Atlantic Igneous Province
                                                    1. Flood Basalt Volcanism
                                                      1. Timing and Duration
                                                        1. Environmental Impact
                                                          1. Relationship to Climate Change
                                                        2. Southern Ocean Development
                                                          1. Australia-Antarctica Separation
                                                            1. Tasmanian Gateway Opening
                                                              1. Timing and Process
                                                                1. Oceanographic Consequences
                                                                2. Drake Passage Evolution
                                                                  1. Early Development
                                                                    1. Circum-Antarctic Current Formation
                                                                  2. Regional Tectonic Activity
                                                                    1. Laramide Orogeny Completion
                                                                      1. Rocky Mountain Formation
                                                                        1. Basin and Range Development
                                                                        2. Andean Orogeny
                                                                          1. Volcanic Arc Development
                                                                            1. Uplift Patterns
                                                                            2. European Alpine System
                                                                              1. Collision Tectonics
                                                                                1. Foreland Basin Development
                                                                            3. Volcanic Activity
                                                                              1. Large Igneous Provinces
                                                                                1. Arc Volcanism
                                                                                  1. Intraplate Volcanism
                                                                                    1. Climate Impacts

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                                                                                  3. Eocene Climate System