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- Description of PLATES data format (for Gplates and other users)
- Check out our image of the Present-Day plate boundaries.
Digital ASCII files of the Present-Day plate boundaries are available via anonymous ftp:
ftp ftp.ig.utexas.edu
cd pub/LIPS/Maps/Data/plate_boundaries
ridge.gmt - GMT-formatted file for use with psxy -M
trench.gmt - GMT-formatted file
transform.gmt - GMT-formatted file
PLATES_PlateBoundary_ArcGIS.zip - ArcInfo shapefiles
204_plate_pb.pdf - Report on plate boundaries
- Present-day hotspot locations are on-line
and also available via anonymous ftp:
ftp://ftp.ig.utexas.edu/pub/LIPS/Maps/Data/hotspots.gmt - Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) data file via ftp:
ftp://ftp.ig.utexas.edu/pub/LIPS/Data/LIPS.2004.gmt
ftp://ftp.ig.utexas.edu/pub/LIPS/Data/LIPS.ArcGIS.tar.gz (Arc GIS shape files)
References
For Present-Day plate boundaries, please use:
Coffin, M.F., Gahagan, L.M., and Lawver, L.A., 1998, Present-day Plate Boundary Digital Data Compilation. University of Texas Institute for Geophysics Technical Report No. 174, pp. 5. (PDF)
