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PLATES data type codes
Below a copy of the PLATES software legacy datatype dictionary. The old PLATES feature data headers carried a 2-character string to describe the data type of the feature.
#--- Data type codes for GPLates
#--- modified by Christian, 26-Sep-03
#--- christian@geosci.usyd.edu.au
AR Aseismic Ridge
BA Bathymetric Contour (meters)
BO Basement Offset
BS Basin
CF Continental Fragment
CM Continental Margin
CO Continent-Oceanic Boundary
CR Craton
CS Coastline
DF Deformation Front
DY Dyke
EC Extended Continental Crust
EP Euler Pole
FZ Fracture Zone
GE Geoid Anomaly Lineation
GR Gridmark
GV Gravity Contour/Gradient
HF Heat Flow Contour
HS Hot Spot
IA Island Arc
IC Isochron (Cenozoic)
IM Isochron (Mesozoic)
IP Isopach
IR Island Arc (remanent)
IS Ice Shelf
MA Magnetic Anomaly (general)
MC Meteor Crater
NF Normal Fault
OC Outcrop
OP Ophiolite Belt
OR Orogenic Belt
OT Oceanic Trough
PB Plate Boundary
PC Anomaly Picks (Cenozoic)
PL Plateau
PM Anomaly Picks (Mesozoic)
PO Political Boundary
PR Province, State Boundaries
QZ Quiet Zone
RF Reverse Fault
RS Ridge Segments
RJ Ridge Jump
RM Restored Margin
RI Rise
RT Reef Trend
SC Small Circle
SE Shelf Edge
SM Seamount
SR Spreading Regime Change
SS Strike Slip
SU Suture
TB Terrane Boundary
TC Transitional Crust
TF Transform Fault
TH Thrust Fault
TJ Triple Junction
TL Tectonic Lineament
TO Topographic Contour (Meters)
TR Trench
UN Unknown
VO Volcano
VP Volcanic Plateau / LIPS
XR Extinct Ridge
XT Extinct Trench
XX Grid Check
ZA Random Colours
ZB Random Colours
ZC Random Colours
ZD Random Colours
ZE Zero Edge