The formation, break-up, and dispersal of continents are the main processes that affect Earth’s surface geology. The ever-changing distribution of continents and oceans is not only responsible for some of the planet’s most dramatic geologic features, it also governs the occurrence and distribution of minerals, influences the climate, and is fundamental to life on Earth.

Bransfield Strait OBS Study
Cenozoic Rift Processes, Eritrea
Chortis Block Tectonic History
Continental Extension, Papua New Guinea
Dynamics of the Transantarctic Mountains
GPS Caribbean Plate Study
Hydrate Ridge, Oregon
Iapetus Ocean
Kerguelen Plateau/Broken Ridge - ODP Leg 183
Lesser Antilles Subduction Zone
Nankai 3-D Subduction Study
Nicaragua/Costa Rica Subduction Zone
Ontong Java Plateau - ODP Leg 192
Paleoseismic Plate Study, Dominican Republic
Peru Margin Gas Hydrates
PLATES Project
Puerto Rico: Onland Scarp Mapping and Fault Trenching
SE Caribbean Margin
Stratigraphy, Structure and Depositional Processes of Offshore Eastern Trinidad and Venezuela (DM²)
Taiwan Arc Continent Collision
Tectonic Setting of the World's Giant Oil Fields