Hello there!

These folders contain data used in plotting the figures in the paper. Only data from our model output is provided. Users can find tomography data in their respective reference.

############### For Fig.3 ###############

The .xyz files are for plotting cross sections in each location. They are either fixed-longitude or fixed-latitude, with the fixed values shown in the file name. Each file contains three column for:

Latitude/Longitude Radial_location Temperature

############### For Fig.4 ###############

Each row has three values, corresponding to:

Longitude Latitude Temperature

z004=>2800km
z047=>1500km
z057=>1200km
z063=>1000km
z074=>700km

############### For Fig.6-8 ###############

Temperature files are in the same format as those in fig.3. Velocity data is provided for the SLM models "velo.xyz". Each of the velocity file contains 4 columns:

Longitude Radial_location Direction_wrt_upward(degree) Amplitude(10cm/yr)

The script PlotSectionTomoTempComp.py is for doing the correlation. Usage:
python3 PlotSectionTomoTempComp.py <.xyz file of model temperature> <.xyz file of tomography> <Threshold of tomography>

Please see the code for more details. (Why is the code writen in such a bad way??? What are all those useless functions??? Yanchong is the guy to blame when you have all these concerns...)

############### For Fig.9 ###############

File format is the same as those in fig.6-8. The file name now contains the age information in Ma. For example "global.120.NAm_ext_lat40.velo.xyz" means the velocity file for North America in latitude=40N in 120Ma.

############### For Fig.11 ###############

These files are for plotting the modelled topography. Their corresponding model name and age are shown in their paths and file names.
For each ".z113" file there are 3 columns representing:

Longitude Latitude Topography(km)

These data do not contain the 200m sea level drop correction from Late Cretaceous to the present mentioned in the paper.

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Have fun!
- Authors