Access

The PDC products may be accessed via web servives (simpler) or through their archived version in Zenodo.

Web Services Endpoint (Recommended):

The base URL is

https://geoserver.panalesis.org/geoserver/

Available Layers
Layer Name	Workspace	Full Layer Identifier	CRS
Crustal Thickness	panalesis_atlas	`panalesis_atlas:crustal_thickness`	ESRI:54034
	panalesis_atlas_epsg_4326	`panalesis_atlas_epsg_4326:crustal_thickness_4326`	EPSG:4326
Hydrothermal Penetration	panalesis_atlas	`panalesis_atlas:hydrothermal_penetration`	ESRI:54034
	panalesis_atlas_epsg_4326	`panalesis_atlas_epsg_4326:hydrothermal_penetration_4326`	EPSG:4326
Lithospheric Thickness	panalesis_atlas	`panalesis_atlas:lithospheric_thickness`	ESRI:54034
	panalesis_atlas_epsg_4326	`panalesis_atlas_epsg_4326:lithospheric_thickness_4326`	EPSG:4326
Palaeogeography	panalesis_atlas	`panalesis_atlas:palaeogeography`	ESRI:54034
	panalesis_atlas_epsg_4326	`panalesis_atlas_epsg_4326:palaeogeography_4326`	EPSG:4326
Seafloor Ages	panalesis_atlas	`panalesis_atlas:seafloor_ages`	ESRI:54034
	panalesis_atlas_epsg_4326	`panalesis_atlas_epsg_4326:seafloor_ages_4326`	EPSG:4326
Flow Direction	panalesis_atlas	`panalesis_atlas:flow_dir`	ESRI:54034
	panalesis_atlas_epsg_4326	`panalesis_atlas_epsg_4326:flow_dir_4326`	EPSG:4326
Flow Accumulation	panalesis_atlas	`panalesis_atlas:flow_acc`	ESRI:54034
	panalesis_atlas_epsg_4326	`panalesis_atlas_epsg_4326:flow_acc_4326`	EPSG:4326

The layers are loaded as ImageMosaics, with time enabled. In order to accommodate the unusual geological time scales, we have tweaked the time dimensions to be compatible with ISO 8601 format.

The geological age (in Myr) is added to the year 2000 in the date property. For instance:

000 Myr (present-day): TIME=2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
-250 Myr: TIME=2250-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
-545 Myr: TIME=2545-01-01T00:00:00.00

Zenodo (Alternative):

Palaeogeography: Franziskakis, F., Vérard, C., Castelltort, S., & Giuliani, G. (2025). Global Quantified Palaeogeographic Maps and Associated Sea-level Variations for the Phanerozoic using the PANALESIS Model [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15396265
Atlas: Franziskakis, F., Werner, N., Vérard, C., Castelltort, S., & Giuliani, G. (2026). A Phanerozoic Atlas of Earth’s Atmosphere, Surface, and Interior Derived from the PANALESIS Plate Tectonic Model (v1.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19134591

Metadata Catalog

Every product is documented with standard metadata (ISO 19115). The catalog is supported by GeoNetwork and can be accessed here.

A SpatioTemporal Assets Catalog (STAC) listing every item available for every product (one collection per product) is available in the stac folder.

From this static catalog, a STAC browser has been established, which can be accessed at the following URL: https://palaeo-data-cube.github.io/stac-browser/

Each layer is linked to a collection, in which each age is an item, for which we provide both resolutions as assets.