Sabin Zahirovic

TL;DR: In this paper, a new type of global plate motion model consisting of a set of continuously-closing topological plate polygons with associated plate boundaries and plate velocities since the break-up of the supercontinent Pangea is presented.

TL;DR: This paper presented a revised global plate motion model with continuously closing plate boundaries ranging from the Triassic at 230 Ma to the present day, assess differences among alternative absolute plate motion models, and review global tectonic events.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the first continuous late-paleozoic to present-day global plate model with evolving plate boundaries, building on and extending two previously published models for the late Paleozoic and Mesozoic-Cenozoic (230-0-Ma).

TL;DR: GPlates as mentioned in this paper is an open-source, cross-platform plate tectonic geographic information system, enabling the interactive manipulation of plate-tectonic reconstructions and the visualization of geodata through geological time.

TL;DR: The authors presented a global Mesozoic-Cenozoic deforming plate motion model that captures the progressive extension of all continental margins since the initiation of rifting within Pangea at ~240 Ma.