An open-source software environment for visualizing and refining plate tectonic reconstructions using high-resolution geological and geophysical data sets
An open-source software environment for visualizing and refining plate tectonic reconstructions using high-resolution geological and geophysical data sets
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10.1130/gsatg139a.1
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2012-04
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S. Williams;R. Müller;T. Landgrebe;J. Whittaker
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S. Williams;R. Müller;T. Landgrebe;J. Whittaker
我们描述了一种强大的方法，通过在构造重建的背景下分析数据来探索地质和地球物理数据集中的时空关系。 GPlates 是新一代板块重建软件的一部分，该软件结合了 GIS 软件熟悉的功能和增加的地质时间维度。在这里，我们使用 GPlates 在西澳大利亚组合和罗迪尼亚构造的替代构造模型中重建地质地体、地球物理网格和古地磁数据。由于能够快速可视化不同重建中的各种地质和地球物理约束，用户可以轻松研究不同构造模型的影响，以协调各种观测结果，并在不同模型和数据之间做出更明智的选择。
We describe a powerful method to explore spatio-temporal relationships within geological and geophysical data sets by analyzing the data within the context of tectonic reconstructions. GPlates is part of a new generation of plate reconstruction software that incorporates functionality familiar from GIS software with the added dimension of geological time. Here we use GPlates to reconstruct geological terranes, geophysical grids, and paleomagnetic data within alternative tectonic models of the assembly of Western Australia and the configuration of Rodinia. With the ability to rapidly visualize a diverse range of geological and geophysical constraints within different reconstructions, users can easily investigate the implications of different tectonic models for reconciling a variety of observations and make more informed choices between different models and data.