A re-evaluation of the breakup of South America and Africa using deformable mesh reconstruction software

Smith, Martin; Kurtz, Joe; Richards, Simon; Forster, Margaret; Lister, Gordon

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A re-evaluation of the breakup of South America and Africa using deformable mesh reconstruction software

Date

2007

Authors

Smith, Martin

Kurtz, Joe

Richards, Simon

Forster, Margaret

Lister, Gordon

Publisher

Monash University Publishing

Abstract

A software package (Pplates) has been developed which enables tectonic reconstructions to be done with allowances for deformation within and between plates. To do this, the software moves and deforms representations of earth topology by moving and deformi