Earth's tectonic and plate boundary evolution over 1.8 billion years

<p>This is a new full-plate tectonic reconstruction from 1.8 Ga to the present, based on this paper:&nbsp;</p> <p><span>Cao, X., Collins, A.S., Pisarevsky, S., Flament, N., Li, S., Hasterok, D. and M&uuml;ller, R.D., 2024. Earth&rsquo;s tectonic and plate boundary evolution over 1.8 billion years.&nbsp;</span><strong><em><span>Geoscience Frontiers</span></em></strong><span>, p.101922.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Change Log:</p> <p>v2.4: Fixed topology issue at 410 Ma; adjusted the appearance time of two small continent polygons in "shapes_continents.gpmlz".<br>v2.3: Fixed a hole east of Kamchatka in "shapes_continents.gpmlz".<br>v2.2: Merged the 1000-410 Ma boundary files into a single file.<br>v2.1: Added "static_polygons.gpmlz"; fixed holes in northern Europe and west of Kamchatka in "shapes_continents.gpmlz".<br>v2: Fixed some subduction zones with no convergence; added sample site positions to "Paleomagnetic_poles.gpml".</p>