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Published September 2, 2024 | Version 2.4
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Earth's tectonic and plate boundary evolution over 1.8 billion years (supplementary data)

Creators

  • 1. Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System; Key Lab of Submarine Geosciences and Prospecting Techniques, MOE and College of Marine Geosciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China.
  • 2. Tectonics and Earth Systems & Mineral Exploration Cooperative Research Centre, School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
  • 3. Earth Dynamics Research Group, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, WA 6845, Australia.
  • 4. GeoQuEST Research Centre, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, NSW 2522, Australia.
  • 5. EarthByte Group, School of Geosciences, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.

Description

This is a new full-plate tectonic reconstruction from 1.8 Ga to the present

 

Change Log:

v2.4: Fixed topology issue at 410 Ma; adjusted the appearance time of two small continent polygons in "shapes_continents.gpmlz".
v2.3: Fixed a hole east of Kamchatka in "shapes_continents.gpmlz".
v2.2: Merged the 1000-410 Ma boundary files into a single file.
v2.1: Added "static_polygons.gpmlz"; fixed holes in northern Europe and west of Kamchatka in "shapes_continents.gpmlz".
v2: Fixed some subduction zones with no convergence; added sample site positions to "Paleomagnetic_poles.gpml".

Files

1.8Ga_model_GSF.zip

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