pb2002 {tectonicr}

Global model of current plate motions

Description

PB2002 global model of current plate motions by Bird 2003

Usage

data('pb2002')

Format

An object of class data.frame

plate.name

The rotating plate

plate.rot

The abbreviation of the plate's name

lat,lon

Coordinates of the Pole of Rotation

angle

The amount of rotation (angle in 1 Myr)

plate.fix

The anchored plate, i.e. plate.rot moves relative to plate.fix

source

Reference to underlying study

References

Bird, P. (2003), An updated digital model of plate boundaries, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 4, 1027, doi: 10.1029/2001GC000252, 3.

Examples

data("pb2002")
head("pb2002")