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A Digital Age Map of the Ocean Floor
R. Dietmar Müller,Walter R. Roest,J. Y. Royer,Lisa M. Gahagan,John G. Sclater +4 more
- Vol. 93, Iss: 30, pp 1-15
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Muller et al. as mentioned in this paper created a digital age grid of the ocean floor with a grid node interval of 6 arc minutes using a selfconsistent set of global isochrons and associated plate reconstruction poles.Abstract:
Author(s): Muller, R. Dietmar; Roest, Walter R; Royer, Jean-Yves; Gahagan, Lisa M; Sclater, John G | Abstract: We have created a digital age grid of the ocean floor with a grid node interval of 6 arc minutes using a self-consistent set of global isochrons and associated plate reconstruction poles. The age at each grid node was determined by linear interpolation between adjacent isochrons in the direction of spreading. Ages for ocean floor between the oldest identified magnetic anomalies and continental crust were interpolated by estimating the ages of passive continental margin segments from geological data and published plate models.read more
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