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	Paleomap Project, home page 5/23/2005 C. R. Scotese, Paleomap Project
		This link provides access to animations that show the paleogeography of Earth -- e.g., how continents drift, how climate belts change, etc.

	Animations of Continental Drift 5/23/2005 Christopher Scotese
		This page provides access to a variety of animations prepared by Prof. Christopher Scotese (University of Texas) illustrating continental drift (i.e., the positions of continents in the past).

	Paleomap Project home page 5/23/2005 Christopher Scotese
		This is the home page of the PALEOMAP Project, which provides access to the various products illustrating the distribution of continents and seas in the past. These include animations and map.

	The Hadean Eon 5/23/2005 Palaeos
		Discusses the principal geological events that happened during the Hadean, the earliest interval of geologic time.