板块构造重建是大地构造领域一项关键的研究工作,是构建"深时数字地球"(Deep-time Digital Earth, DDE)的重要途径。板块重建工作需要整合地球科学多个研究领域、海量的数据,同时又是地球动力学和气候模拟等研究的重要约束条...板块构造重建是大地构造领域一项关键的研究工作,是构建"深时数字地球"(Deep-time Digital Earth, DDE)的重要途径。板块重建工作需要整合地球科学多个研究领域、海量的数据,同时又是地球动力学和气候模拟等研究的重要约束条件。因此,追踪目前国际主流的板块重建所需的数据库以及板块重建工具的最新进展和应用为了解板块重建研究的前沿提供全面的信息。文章系统介绍了支持板块构造重建研究的多个主流数据库,着重描述数据库的数据格式、数据获取方式及数据如何支持基于GPlates平台的板块构造重建。为了阐述大地构造研究相关数据库在板块重建研究中的应用,此次研究从板块构造重建的三个不同层次出发,列举了多个最新的板块重建模型及其在探索地球系统演化方面的意义。最后,结合DDE项目的相关任务,对250 Ma以来全球板块构造和变形的演化、量化大地构造在地球系统演化中的作用、超大陆旋回中的古大陆和古海洋构造重建以及前中生代(>250 Ma)全球板块运动模型重建这四个关键科学问题作出了新的展望。展开更多
Paleogeography is the merger of lithology,depositional environments,tectonic plate movements,topography,climate patterns and ecosystems(reefs,vegetation)through time(e.g.,Scotese,2014,2016,2017;Blakey,2019).The constr...Paleogeography is the merger of lithology,depositional environments,tectonic plate movements,topography,climate patterns and ecosystems(reefs,vegetation)through time(e.g.,Scotese,2014,2016,2017;Blakey,2019).The construction of paleogeographic maps using tectonic plate reconstructions requires a multi-year community effort that shares databases,standards and computer projection methods.展开更多
Major advances in computational power,as well as community modelling workflows and an improvement in data availability,has revolutionized Earth sciences over the last decade.Geological data has been synthesized into f...Major advances in computational power,as well as community modelling workflows and an improvement in data availability,has revolutionized Earth sciences over the last decade.Geological data has been synthesized into flexible and open access plate tectonic and paleogeographic reconstructions using the open-source and cross-platform GPlates(www.gplates.org)software since 2008(Muller et al.,2018;Muller et al.,2008).展开更多
基金partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.4187020378).
文摘Paleogeography is the merger of lithology,depositional environments,tectonic plate movements,topography,climate patterns and ecosystems(reefs,vegetation)through time(e.g.,Scotese,2014,2016,2017;Blakey,2019).The construction of paleogeographic maps using tectonic plate reconstructions requires a multi-year community effort that shares databases,standards and computer projection methods.
基金supported by the Australian Research Council(Grant No.IH130200012)Alfred P Sloan Foundation(Grant Nos.G-2017-9997 and G-2018-11296)through the Deep Carbon Observatory.
文摘Major advances in computational power,as well as community modelling workflows and an improvement in data availability,has revolutionized Earth sciences over the last decade.Geological data has been synthesized into flexible and open access plate tectonic and paleogeographic reconstructions using the open-source and cross-platform GPlates(www.gplates.org)software since 2008(Muller et al.,2018;Muller et al.,2008).