get_paleogeography {rmacrostrat} | R Documentation |
Retrieve paleogeographic geometries
Description
A function to retrieve paleogeographic geometries reconstructed to a given a age or interval using the Wright et al. (2013) Global Plate Model.
Usage
get_paleogeography(age = NULL, interval_name = NULL)
Arguments
age |
|
interval_name |
|
Details
More information for appropriate interval inputs for this function
can be found using the def_intervals()
function.
Value
An sf
object containing the geometries of the paleogeographic map.
Developer(s)
Lewis A. Jones
Reviewer(s)
Christopher D. Dean
References
Wright, N., Zahirovic, S., Müller, R.D., Seton, M. (2013). Towards community-driven paleogeographic reconstructions: integrating open-access paleogeographic and paleobiology data with plate tectonics. Biogeosciences, 10, 1529–1541. doi:10.5194/bg-10-1529-2013.
See Also
Paleogeography:
def_plates()
Examples
# Get paleogeographic map via age
ex1 <- get_paleogeography(age = 250)
# Get paleogeographic map via interval name