pastplates

pastplates(; time=100, proj="", title="time", coastlines=true, fmt="png", name="", data=false, show=true)

Plots the reconstruction of the past plates at a given time. Data is extracted from the GPLATES https://gws.gplates.org website.

Kwargs

  • time: Time in Ma. Default is 100 Ma.

  • proj: A projection string like that used, or example, in coast().

  • title: Title of the plot

  • coastlines: A boolean indicating if want to plot the coastlines.

  • fmt: Format of the plot (Default is png)

  • name: Name of the plot. Instead of using a default name, provide one and figure will be saved with that name.

  • data: If true pastplates return the data in a form of a vector of GMTdataset instead of plotting it. The default is produce a minimally nice plot but for further enhancements, download the data and make a plot yourself.

  • show: If true (the default), automatically show the plot (ignored if data=true).

Examples

Make a figure representing plates positions at 100 Ma ago.

using GMT

pastplates()