Earth interior model
Simplified model of the Earth’s interior and its global dynamics featuring a solid inner and a fluid outer core, a viscous partially molten but not fluid mantle, and characteristic surface topography.
Accurate and accessible science graphics, including illustration and data visualisation, of our lovely planet Earth. Dive into observations and models of the Earth to learn more about, understand, and appreciate it as our one home.
Planetary interior
Comparison of suggested mantle convection in the Earth (mobile-lid mode) and Venus (inefficient short slab mode).
Paleo surface topography (globe animation)
Animation of the Earth’s surface topography through the Cenozoic time (66 - 0 Ma) on the globe.
Geoid
Global maps of the Geoid height, which is the difference of an imaginary sea level surface to a perfect ellipsoid.
Surface topography (relief)
Global maps of the Earth’s surface topography showing the bedrock elevation across oceans, land, and ice sheets.
Tectonic plates (relief)
Global maps of tectonic plates of the Earth, consisting of 56 individual plates named according to abbreviations given in Argus et al. (2011).
Tectonic plates
Global maps of tectonic plates of the Earth, consisting of 56 individual plates named according to abbreviations given in Argus et al. (2011).