Oceans

Ocean depths

Depth comparison of prominent places in the Earth’s oceans measured from the sea level down.

Ocean surface areas

Global maps of the Earth schematically highlighting the individual surface areas of the World’s oceans, including the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans.

Surface areas on the Earth

A direct comparison of the relative surface area covered by individual land masses and oceans on the Earth.

Cenozoic paleogeography (animation)

Global paleogeography with zoomed in figures showing the evolution of oceanic gateways active during the Cenozoic time.

Earth processes

A schematic highlighting some of the most relevant Earth processes.

Global Cenozoic paleogeography

Global Cenozoic paleogeography, and the deep sea benthic foraminifera oxygen isotope curve.

Oceanic Large-Igneous Provinces

Age of the oceanic lithosphere with superposed oceanic Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs).

North East Atlantic Ocean Circulation

Sketched ocean circulation pattern in the NE Atlantic Ocean.

North East Atlantic Ocean Evolution

Opening of the North East Atlantic Ocean and dynamic support from the Iceland mantle plume.