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NUVEL-1 Global model of current plate motions

Source: R/data_models.R
nuvel1.Rd

NNR-NUVEL-1 global model of current plate motions by DeMets et al. 1990

Usage

data('nuvel1')

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

DeMets, C., Gordon, R. G., Argus, D. F., & Stein, S. (1990). Current plate motions. Geophysical Journal International, 101(2), 425-478. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.1990.tb06579.x .

Examples

data("nuvel1")
head("nuvel1")
#> [1] "nuvel1"