Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200 Ma

<div>Description of Resources - Seton et al. (2012)</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>This file provides a detailed description of all of the files that make up the data collection associated with the publication: Seton, M., M&uuml;ller, R. D., Zahirovic, S., Gaina, C., Torsvik, T., Shephard, G., Talsma, A., Gurnis, M., Turner, M., Maus, S., Chandler, M. (2012). Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200 Ma. Earth-Science Reviews, 113(3), 212-270. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.03.002" target="_blank" rel="noopener">10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.03.002</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Note: For information on file formats and what programs to use to interact with various file formats, see "File Formats and Recommended Programs&rdquo;.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The files associated with this data collection allow for the visualisation and/or manipulation of the global plate motion model presented by Seton et al. (2012), they include:</div> <div>&bull; <strong>Rotations </strong>- Global rotation model that contains the reconstruction poles that describe the motions of the continents and oceans.</div> <div>* Seton_etal_ESR2012_2012.1.rot (410 KB)</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&bull; <strong>Plate IDs </strong>- A list of all the plate IDs used in the rotation and geometry files and their corresponding plate names.</div> <div>* Seton_etal_ESR2012_PlateIDs.pdf (102 KB)&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&bull; <strong>Coastlines </strong>- Geometries of the present-day coastlines.</div> <div>* Seton_etal_ESR2012_Coastline_2012.1.gpml (17.5 MB)</div> <div>* Seton_etal_ESR2012_Coastline_2012.1_polyline.shp (3.3 MB inc. auxiliary files, datum-WGS 1984)</div> <div>* Seton_etal_ESR2012_Coastline_2012.1_polyline.txt (2.7 MB)</div> <div>* Seton_etal_ESR2012_Coastline_2012.1_polyline.kml (4.4 MB)</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&bull; <strong>Continent-ocean boundaries </strong>(COBs) - Locations of the boundaries between oceanic and continental crust for plates involved in this study.</div> <div>* Seton_etal_ESR2012_COB_2012.1.gpml (410 KB)</div> <div>* Seton_etal_ESR2012_COB_2012.1.shp (152 KB inc. auxiliary files, datum-WGS 1984)</div> <div>* Seton_etal_ESR2012_COB_2012.1.txt (86 KB)</div> <div>* Seton_etal_ESR2012_COB_2012.1.kml (176 KB)</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&bull; <strong>Plate polygons and boundary geometries</strong> - Topologically closed plate polygons are constructed from the intersection of ridges, transforms, subduction zones and other plate boundary geometries. These 'resolved topologies' are valid at 1 Myr intervals (0-200 Ma). The plate boundary geometries and plate polygons have been assigned plate reconstruction IDs to allow them to be reconstructed using the supplied rotation file.&nbsp;</div> <div>* Seton_etal_ESR2012_PP_2012.1.gpml (29.5 MB)</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Note:</div> <div>Paleo age grids used by Seton et al. (2012) are released in M&uuml;ller et al. (2013) [M&uuml;ller, R. D., Dutkiewicz, A., Seton, M., &amp; Gaina, C. (2013). Seawater chemistry driven by supercontinent assembly, breakup, and dispersal. Geology, 41(8), 907-910. doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1130/G34405.1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">10.1130/g34405.1</a>]</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The paleo age grids associated with this model can be accessed at: <a href="https://repo.gplates.org/webdav/PlateModel_Age_SR_Grids/Seton_etal_2012_ESR/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://repo.gplates.org/webdav/PlateModel_Age_SR_Grids/Seton_etal_2012_ESR/</a></div>