We present a revised global plate motion model with continuously closing plate boundaries
ranging from the Triassic at 230 Ma to the present day, assess differences among alternative …

We have devised a new absolute Late Jurassic‐Cretaceous Pacific plate model using a
fixed hot spot approach coupled with paleomagnetic data from Pacific large igneous …

We present an updated oceanic crustal age grid and a set of complementary grids including
spreading rate, asymmetry, direction, and obliquity. Our data set is based on a selected set …

The plate tectonic history of the Junction Region, which separated the Panthalassa and
Tethys realms, is notoriously challenging to reconstruct. The region has been dominated by …

A vast ocean basin has spanned the region between the Americas, Asia and Australasia for
well over 100 Myr, represented today by the Pacific Ocean. Its evolution includes a number …

A conspicuous 60° bend of the Hawaiian-Emperor Chain in the north-western Pacific Ocean
has variously been interpreted as the result of an abrupt Pacific plate motion change in the …

Abstract The Eocene (~ 50–45 Ma) major absolute plate motion change of the Pacific plate
forming the Hawaii‐Emperor bend is thought to result from inception of Pacific plate …

We present a suite of 15 palaeogeographic maps illustrating the geological evolution of the
entirety of Zealandia, from mid-Cretaceous to present, highlighting major tectonic phases …

Oceanic island basalts sample mantle reservoirs that are isotopically and compositionally
heterogeneous. The Hawaiian–Emperor chain represents∼ 85 Myr of volcanism supplied …

Volcanic hotspot tracks featuring linear progressions in the age of volcanism are typical
surface expressions of plate tectonic movement on top of narrow plumes of hot material …