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 ====== Graticules for plate tectonic reconstructions ====== ====== Graticules for plate tectonic reconstructions ======
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 +  * Downloadable graticule (''*.gpml'' file) for GPlates can be downloaded [[https://code.paleoearthlabs.org/gptools/raw/23ad783f7b5868180953b6f32ab9601e0b1164b55bfe6753526e5e578a8044d0?at=Graticule.gpml|here]]
 +  * Repository for the Python-based graticule creation is [[https://code.paleoearthlabs.org/gptools/doc/trunk/README.md|here]] or [[https://git.sr.ht/~chhei/gptools/|here]]
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 Plate tectonic reconstructions require to have some present-day markers so that any person reading or looking at the results can correlate the paleo plate positions and continents with present day. Things did indeed look quite a bit different back then... Usually the present-day coastlines are used a such a marker, but [[http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1151540|as sealevel has varied extensively over the geological history]], displaying an Early Cretaceous reconstruction at, say 110 Million years, with present-day shorelines might be a bit misleading.  Plate tectonic reconstructions require to have some present-day markers so that any person reading or looking at the results can correlate the paleo plate positions and continents with present day. Things did indeed look quite a bit different back then... Usually the present-day coastlines are used a such a marker, but [[http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1151540|as sealevel has varied extensively over the geological history]], displaying an Early Cretaceous reconstruction at, say 110 Million years, with present-day shorelines might be a bit misleading.