Image: Pacific Ocean 180Ma

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Description: 180 million years ago the Pacific Plate was created at the triple junction that separated the three major plates of the Panthalassa Ocean. Mollweide projection. View centred on 180°, 180°. Made in GPlates using the following datasets:[1] Matthews, K.J., Maloney, K.T., Zahirovic, S., Williams, S.E., Seton, M., and Müller, R.D. 2016, Global plate boundary evolution and kinematics since the late Paleozoic : Global and Planetary Change, Vol 146, 226-250. Amante, C. and Eakins, B. W. 2009. ETOPO1 1 Arc-Minute Global Relief Model: Procedures, Data Sources and Analysis. NOAA Technical Memorandum NESDIS
Title: Pacific Ocean 180Ma
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Author: Fama Clamosa
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