Sea levels shape the face of the Earth, define processes of sedimentation, and influence the
evolution of life via the distribution of habitats. Ancient topographies can be reconstructed …

The evolving mosaic of tectonic plates across the surface of the Earth sets boundary
conditions for the evolution of biotic and abiotic processes and helps shape the dynamics of …

GPlates is an open‐source, cross‐platform plate tectonic geographic information system,
enabling the interactive manipulation of plate‐tectonic reconstructions and the visualization …

Our capability to reconstruct past landscapes and the processes that shape them underpins
our understanding of paleo-Earth. We take advantage of a global-scale landscape evolution …

Abstract The Tethys Ocean was compartmentalized into the Mediterranean Sea and Indian
Ocean during the early Miocene, yet the exact nature and timing of this disconnection are …

The remarkably diverse plant communities of the Neotropics are the result of diversification
driven by multiple biotic (for example, speciation, extinction and dispersal) and abiotic (for …

Retrograde clay mineral reactions (reverse weathering), including glauconite formation, are
first-order controls on element sequestration in marine sediments. Here, we report …

The fossil record of marine invertebrates has long fuelled the debate as to whether or not
there are limits to global diversity in the sea,,,–. Ecological theory states that, as diversity …

Carbonatites have formed for at least the past three billion years. But over the past 700 My
the incidence of carbonatites have significantly increased. We compile an updated list of 609 …

A paleo-digital elevation model (paleoDEM) is a digital representation of paleotopography
and paleobathymetry that has been" reconstructed" back in time. This report describes how …