A tectonic model reconciling evidence for the collisions between India, Eurasia and intra-oceanic arcs of the central-eastern Tethys

2 February 2014
Version 1.2

Supplement and plate model accompanying: 
Gibbons, A., Zahirovic, S., Müller, R., Whittaker, J., and Yatheesh, V., 2015, A tectonic model reconciling evidence for the collisions between India, Eurasia and intra-oceanic arcs of the central-eastern Tethys: Gondwana Research FOCUS.

Gibbons_etal_2015_GR_PlateModel.zip

This directory contains four files:

TPW_CK95G94_Rigid_Gibbons.rot - the Gibbons et al. global rotation model TPW_CK95G94_PP_Rigid_Gibbons.gpml  - the Gibbons et al. global evolving topologies 
CK95G94_Coastlines.gpmlz - Present-day coastlines with Plate ID assignments
CK95G94_StaticPolygons_Gibbons.gpmlz - Present-day block outlines 

To load these datasets in GPlates do the following:

1.  Open GPlates
2.  Pull down the GPlates File menu and select the operation Open Feature Collection
3.  Click all the files while holding down the shift key to select all files.  All the files should be highlighted.
4.  Click Open 

Alternatively, drag and drop the files onto the globe.
                   
Play around with the GPlates buttons to make an animation, select features, draw features, etc.  For more information, read the GPlates manual which can be downloaded from www.gplates.org

Zahirovic_etal_2014_SE

This file provides a detailed description of all of the files that make up the data collection associated with the publication: Zahirovic, S., Seton, M., & Müller, R. D. (2014). The Cretaceous and Cenozoic tectonic evolution of Southeast Asia. Solid Earth, 5(1), 227-273. doi:10.5194/se-5-227-2014

Any questions, please email:            
Ana Gibbons <angi@statoil.com>
Sabin Zahirovic <sabin.zahirovic@sydney.edu.au>