cpm_models: Global model of current plate motions

In tectonicr: Analyzing the Orientation of Maximum Horizontal Stress

Global model of current plate motions

Description

Compilation of global models for current plate motions, including NUVEL1 (DeMets et al. 1990), NNR-NUVEL1A (DeMets et al., 1990), NNR-MORVEL56 (Argus et al., 2011), REVEL (Sella et al., 2002), GSRM2.1 (Kreemer et al., 2014), HS2-NUVEL1 (Gripp and Gordon, 1990), HS3-NUVEL1A (Gripp and Gordon, 2002), P073 (Chase 1978), AM1-2 (Minster and Jordan, 1978), ITRF2020-PPM (Altamimi et al. 2023), and PB2002 (Bird, 2003)

Usage

data('cpm_models')

Format

list containing objects 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

model

Model for current global plate motion

References

Altamimi, Z., Métivier, L., Rebischung, P., Collilieux, X., Chanard, K., Barnéoud, J., 2023. ITRF2020 Plate Motion Model. Geophys. Res. Lett. 50, 1–7. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1029/2023GL106373")}

Argus, D.F., Gordon, R.G., 1991. No-net-rotation model of current plate velocities incorporating plate motion model NUVEL-1. Geophys. Res. Lett. 18, 2039–2042. doi: 10.1029/91GL01532

Argus, D. F., Gordon, R. G., & DeMets, C. (2011). Geologically current motion of 56 plates relative to the no-net-rotation reference frame. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 12(11). 10.1029/2011GC003751.

Chase, C.G. (1978). Plate kinematics: The Americas, East Africa, and the rest of the world. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 37, 355–368. doi: \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1016/0012-821X(78)90051-1")}

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

DeMets, C., Gordon, R. G., Argus, D. F., & Stein, S. (1990). Current plate motions. Geophysical Journal International, 101(2), 425-478. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1111/j.1365-246X.1990.tb06579.x")}.

Gripp, A. E., & Gordon, R. G. (2002). Young tracks of hotspots and current plate velocities. Geophysical Journal International, 150(2), 321<U+2013>361. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1046/j.1365-246X.2002.01627.x")}.

Kreemer, C., Blewitt, G., & Klein, E. C. (2014). A geodetic plate motion and Global Strain Rate Model. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 15(10), 3849<U+2013>3889. doi: 10.1002/2014GC005407.

Minster, J. and Jorda, T. (1978). Present-day plate motions. Journal of Geophysical Research, 83, \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1029/jb083ib11p05331")}.

Sella, G. F., Dixon, T. H., & Mao, A. (2002). REVEL: A model for Recent plate velocities from space geodesy. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 107(B4). doi: 10.1029/2000jb000033.

Examples

data("cpm_models")
head(cpm_models[[1]])

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