get_paleogeography: Retrieve paleogeographic geometries

In rmacrostrat: Fetch Geologic Data from the 'Macrostrat' Platform

Retrieve paleogeographic geometries

Description

A function to retrieve paleogeographic geometries reconstructed to a given a age or interval using the Wright et al. (2013) Global Plate Model.

Usage

get_paleogeography(age = NULL, interval_name = NULL)

Arguments

age	numeric. Return a paleogeographic reconstruction based on a numerical age in millions of years before present (between 0 and 550).
interval_name	character. Return a paleogeographic reconstruction based on a specified time interval. Ignored if age is supplied.

Details

More information for appropriate interval inputs for this function can be found using the def_intervals() function.

Value

An sf object containing the geometries of the paleogeographic map.

Developer(s)

Lewis A. Jones

Reviewer(s)

Christopher D. Dean

References

Wright, N., Zahirovic, S., Müller, R.D., Seton, M. (2013). Towards community-driven paleogeographic reconstructions: integrating open-access paleogeographic and paleobiology data with plate tectonics. Biogeosciences, 10, 1529–1541. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.5194/bg-10-1529-2013")}.

See Also

Paleogeography: def_plates()

Examples

 # Get paleogeographic map via age
 ex1 <- get_paleogeography(age = 250)
 # Get paleogeographic map via interval name

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