Global tectonic reconstructions with continuously deforming and evolving rigid plates
Field | Value | Language |
dc.contributor.author | Gurnis, Michael | |
dc.contributor.author | Yang, Ting | |
dc.contributor.author | Cannon, John S | |
dc.contributor.author | Turner, Mark | |
dc.contributor.author | Williams, Simon E | |
dc.contributor.author | Flament, Nicolas | |
dc.contributor.author | Muller, R. Dietmar | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-08-09 | |
dc.date.available | 2019-08-09 | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-07-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Michael Gurnis, Ting Yang, John Cannon, Mark Turner, Simon Williams, Nicolas Flament, R. Dietmar Müller, Global tectonic reconstructions with continuously deforming and evolving rigid plates, Computers & Geosciences, Volume 116, 2018, Pages 32-41, ISSN 0098-3004, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2018.04.007. | en_AU |
dc.identifier.issn | 00983004 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2123/20880 | |
dc.description.abstract | Traditional plate reconstruction methodologies do not allow for plate deformation to be considered. Here we present software to construct and visualize global tectonic reconstructions with deforming plates within the context of rigid plates. Both deforming and rigid plates are defined by continuously evolving polygons. The deforming regions are tessellated with triangular meshes such that either strain rate or cumulative strain can be followed. The finite strain history, crustal thickness and stretching factor of points within the deformation zones are tracked as Lagrangian points. Integrating these tools within the interactive platform GPlates enables specialized users to build and refine deforming plate models and integrate them with other models in time and space. We demonstrate the integrated platform with regional reconstructions of Cenozoic western North America, the Mesozoic South American Atlantic margin, and Cenozoic southeast Asia, embedded within global reconstructions, using different data and reconstruction strategies. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd | en_AU |
dc.description.sponsorship | We would like to thank Nadine McQuarrie and Sascha Brune for helpful reviews which improved the manuscript. MG, TY and MT supported by the National Science Foundation under EAR-1358646 and EAR-1645775 and by Statoil ASA . RDM and SW are supported by Australian Research Council grant IH130200012 . NF was supported by Statoil ASA and by Australian Research Council grant DE160101020 . Appendix A | en_AU |
dc.language.iso | en_AU | en_AU |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_AU |
dc.relation | National Science Foundation-EAR-1645775,EAR-1358646, Australian Research Council-DE160101020,IH130200012 | en_AU |
dc.relation | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/DE160101020 | |
dc.relation | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/IH130200012 | |
dc.rights | © 2018. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_AU |
dc.subject | Continental drift | en_AU |
dc.subject | Geodynamics | en_AU |
dc.subject | Geophysics | en_AU |
dc.subject | Lithosphere | en_AU |
dc.subject | Paleogeography | en_AU |
dc.subject | Plate tectonics | en_AU |
dc.title | Global tectonic reconstructions with continuously deforming and evolving rigid plates | en_AU |
dc.type | Article | en_AU |
dc.subject.asrc | 040402 | en_AU |
dc.subject.asrc | 040313 | en_AU |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.cageo.2018.04.007 | |
dc.type.pubtype | Post-print | en_AU |
dc.description.embargo | 2020-07-01 |
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