Christopher R. Scotese (born 4 May 1953) is an American geologist and paleogeographer. He received his

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from the

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in 1985. He is the creator of the Paleomap Project, which aims to map

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over the last billion years, and is credited with predicting Pangaea Ultima, a possible future

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configuration. Later Scotese changed ''Pangaea Ultima'' to ''Pangaea Proxima'' to alleviate confusion about the name ''Pangaea Ultima'', which would imply that it would be the last supercontinent. On 22 December 2010, he created a YouTube channel when he was making history of earth in the future or past, geography and history. Scotese retired from teaching at the University of Texas, Arlington, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences in 2013. He is now a research associate at the

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and an adjunct professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences,

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. He continues to collaborate with several research groups on topics concerning the history of the Earth System, but his main focus is a book entitled: "Earth History, the Evolution of the Earth System". He is the coauthor of more than 100 scientific publications, and his maps and animations have been used in numerous geological textbooks, scientific research papers, and are on display in museums worldwide.

Selected publications

* * Chatterjee, S., Scotese, C.R., Bajpai, S., 2017. The Restless Indian Plate and Its Epic Voyage from Gondwana to Asia: Its Tectonic, Paleoclimate, and Paleobiogeographic Evolution, Geological Society of America, Special Paper 529, 147 pp. * * * Scotese, C.R., and Schettino, A., 2017.

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– Early Jurassic Paleogeography of Western Tethys and the World, Chapter 3, in Permo-Triassic Salt Provinces of Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic Margins, Elsevier, p. 57 – 95,

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References

External links

Continents in Collision: Pangea UltimaThe Paleomap ProjectCR Scotese profile in ResearchGate Global Geology websiteYouTube channel
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scotese, Christopher American geologists American paleogeographers Living people 1953 births People associated with the Field Museum of Natural History Scientists from Chicago University of Chicago alumni University of Texas at Arlington faculty