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Presentation: TopoChronia: A QGIS Plugin for Quantified Palaeogeographic Reconstructions

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: We present TopoChronia, an open-source QGIS plugin designed to generate fully quantified palaeogeographic maps from plate tectonic models. Optimized for the PANALESIS model, TopoChronia enables dynamic, time-coherent reconstructions and integrates sea-level correction using Airy’s model. The plugin outputs high-resolution rasters and sea-level data over the Phanerozoic, allowing comparison with stratigraphic curves. Results show strong agreement with published data, highlighting tectonics as a key driver of long-term sea-level change. TopoChronia promotes reproducibility and FAIR principles in geoscientific research and is available at github.com/florianfranz/topo_chronia.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17413924

Author: Franziskakis, Florian

Institution: University of Geneva

Language: English

Topic: Geological and Geophysical Studies

Subfield: Geology

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung

Award: Long-term evolution of the Earth from the base of the mantle to the top of the atmosphere: Understanding the mechanisms leading to ‘greenhouse’ and ‘icehouse’ regimes