Navigating plate reconstructions

Anti-Atlas Mountains, part of the Atlas Mountain range in southern Morocco, Africa. The region contains some of the world’s largest and most diverse mineral resources, most of which are still untouched. This image was acquired by the Landsat 7 satellite on June 22, 2001. This is a false-color composite image made using shortwave infrared, infrared and red wavelengths.

Caption adapted from text provided by NASA's Earth Observatory. Source: NASA/USGS Landsat 7; NASA Earth Observatory.

Dr Maria Seton (EarthByte) and collaborators have outlined their tips for navigating plate reconstructions in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment.

View their paper here: Deconstructing plate tectonic reconstructions

“Improvements cannot be achieved by individual fields or organisations alone but requires investment in international and national research infrastructure programmes such as EarthCube, AuScope and IODP”

– Dr Maria Seton

 
 
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