Download Terra Antiqua
Forum: give your input on specific maps or on Terra Antiqua
Make your own paleogeographic map:
- Download and modify the 30 Ma map (other ages available soon)
- Tutorial to discover Terra Antiqua while making the 30 Ma map:
- Workshops are also organised regularly. To attend the next one contact us
Quick user manual ( see also detailed manual)
Terra Antiqua takes as input present-day topography and bathymetry rotated back to the age of the desired reconstruction with continental blocks using Gplates. Four primary tools enable to make the reconstruction:
Secondary tools enable to enhance the reconstructions:
NEWS
2023-04 Publication on Terra Antiqua
Aminov, J., Dupont-Nivet, G., Ruiz, D. and Gailleton, B., 2023. Paleogeographic reconstructions using QGIS: Introducing Terra Antiqua plugin and its application to 30 and 50 Ma maps. Earth-Science Reviews, p.104401.
2023-04. Presentation at the EGU meeting
2022-05-05. New videos on the Secondary tools by Diego Ruiz
2022-05-05. New videos on the Primary tools by Diego Ruiz
2022-04-30. Terra Antiqua linked to map.paleoenvironment.eu by Thomas
2021-12-13. Talk on Paleo-geography at the AGU
Eurasian paleogeographic reconstructions for Cenozoic climatic and biotic evolution (invited). AGU Fall meeting, Session EP14B Reconstructing Mountain Belt Tectonics and Climate; Diego Ruiz, Thomas van der Linden, Fernando Poblete, Jovid Aminov, Douwe van Hinsbergen, Mustafa Kaya, Niels Meijer, Alexis Licht, Pierrick Roperch, Carina Hoorn, Frederic Fluteau, Delphine Tardif, Yannick Donnadieu
