Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Google Earth: Reconstructed basalts, Western US to Tristan

KAr dates of basalts 40 Ma and younger, western US, from USGS data set. Restored to position relative to Tristan hotspot frame, according to reconstruction model of McQuarrie and Wernicke (2005) and Atwater, plate-hotspot model of Mueller et al. (1993), and plate reconstruction compilation of Pilger (2007).

Google Earth Community kmz data set.

Reconstruction methods.

Current data set locations.

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