Description of Resources - Seton et al. (2012) This file provides a detailed description of all of the files that make up the data collection associated with the publication: Seton, M., Müller, R. D., Zahirovic, S., Gaina, C., Torsvik, T., Shephard, G., Talsma, A., Gurnis, M., Turner, M., Maus, S., Chandler, M. (2012). Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200 Ma. Earth-Science Reviews, 113(3), 212-270. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.03.002 Note: For information on file formats and what programs to use to interact with various file formats, see "File_Formats_and_Recommended_Programs.txt”. The files associated with this data collection allow for the visualisation and/or manipulation of the global plate motion model presented by Seton et al. (2012), they include: • Rotations - Global rotation model that contains the reconstruction poles that describe the motions of the continents and oceans. * Seton_etal_ESR2012_2012.1.rot (410 KB) • Plate IDs - A list of all the plate IDs used in the rotation and geometry files and their corresponding plate names. * Seton_etal_ESR2012_PlateIDs.pdf (102 KB) • Coastlines - Geometries of the present-day coastlines. * Seton_etal_ESR2012_Coastline_2012.1.gpml (17.5 MB) * Seton_etal_ESR2012_Coastline_2012.1_polyline.shp (3.3 MB inc. auxiliary files, datum-WGS 1984) * Seton_etal_ESR2012_Coastline_2012.1_polyline.txt (2.7 MB) * Seton_etal_ESR2012_Coastline_2012.1_polyline.kml (4.4 MB) • Continent-ocean boundaries (COBs) - Locations of the boundaries between oceanic and continental crust for plates involved in this study. * Seton_etal_ESR2012_ContinentOceanBoundaries_2012.1.gpml (410 KB) * Seton_etal_ESR2012_ContinentOceanBoundaries_2012.1.shp (152 KB inc. auxiliary files, datum-WGS 1984) * Seton_etal_ESR2012_ContinentOceanBoundaries_2012.1.txt (86 KB) * Seton_etal_ESR2012_ContinentOceanBoundaries_2012.1.kml (176 KB) • Plate polygons and boundary geometries - Topologically closed plate polygons are constructed from the intersection of ridges, transforms, subduction zones and other plate boundary geometries. These 'resolved topologies' are valid at 1 Myr intervals (0-200 Ma). The plate boundary geometries and plate polygons have been assigned plate reconstruction IDs to allow them to be reconstructed using the supplied rotation file. * Seton_etal_ESR2012_PP_2012.1.gpml (29.5 MB) Note: Paleo age grids used by Seton et al. (2012) are released in Müller et al. (2013) [Müller, R. D., Dutkiewicz, A., Seton, M., & Gaina, C. (2013). Seawater chemistry driven by supercontinent assembly, breakup, and dispersal. Geology, 41(8), 907-910. doi: 10.1130/g34405.1]