[GPlates-discuss] Using the Pesonen 2012 reconstructions in Gplates

[Sanjoy Som]

Hi Bruce,

>
>   Have you copied the rotation parameters into an ASCII rotation file and
> do you have the polygons for the various blocks either as a shapefile or as
> a gpml file? If not, let me know and I can ask Laurie Pesonen tomorrow if
> he has them both in a format for use with GPlates. If not, the blocks are
> essentially the same as used by Sergei Pisarevsky in various models and I
> can provide one of those.
>

​I do not have access to polygon files, nor am I familiar with the ASCII
rotation files. I'm very new to this :) ​

Thanks so much for your help. Will you be a GSA in a few weeks? I would owe
you a beer.

Best,
Sanjoy


>
> *Bruce Eglington (Ph.D.)*
>
> *Murray Pyke Chair*
>
> Geological Sciences
>
> University of Saskatchewan
>
> 114 Science Place
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> Saskatoon
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> SK
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>
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> *From:* GPlates-discuss [mailto:gplates-discuss-
> bounces at mailman.sydney.edu.au] *On Behalf Of *Sanjoy Som
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 5, 2017 13:39
> *To:* GPlates general discussion mailing list <gplates-discuss at mailman.
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> *Subject:* Re: [GPlates-discuss] Using the Pesonen 2012 reconstructions
> in Gplates
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>
>
> Hi Bruce,
>
>
>
> Thanks so much for taking the time to reply. It's that first step that I'm
> struggling with. How to import the Pesonen data to Gplates?
>
>
>
> Best,
> Sanjoy
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 4:11 PM, Eglington, Bruce <bruce.eglington at usask.ca>
> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
>   You will need to run the model in GPlates, then export the modelled
> reconstruction for your selected age to a shapefile, take it in to ArcMap
> and reproject to a Gall-Peters projection. Before you go too far, make sure
> that your version of ArcGIS provides the Gall-Peters projection as it is
> licensed and may not be available.
>
>
>
> Bruce
>
>
>
>
>
> *Bruce Eglington (Ph.D.)*
>
> *Murray Pyke Chair*
>
> Geological Sciences
>
> University of Saskatchewan
>
> 114 Science Place
>
> Saskatoon
>
> SK
>
> S7N 5E2
>
> Canada
>
>
>
> bruce.eglington at usask.ca
>
> +1-306-966-5732 <(306)%20966-5732>
>
>
>
> *From:* GPlates-discuss [mailto:gplates-discuss-
> bounces at mailman.sydney.edu.au] *On Behalf Of *Sanjoy Som
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 4, 2017 17:10
> *To:* gplates-discuss at mailman.sydney.edu.au
> *Subject:* [GPlates-discuss] Using the Pesonen 2012 reconstructions in
> Gplates
>
>
>
> Dear Gplates users,
>
>
>
> I am new to this discussion forum and to the use of the Gplates software.
>
>
>
> I am a Precambrian geologist and would value using the Pesonen et al.
> (2012 - Geophysica) reconstructions:
>
>
>
> https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/9OVQB5UMA8rOTl?domain=scholar.google.com.au
> 3791864280647624128&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5
>
>
>
> for my own research. I was hoping to get some insight from this group on
> how to do so. My goal is to reproject Lauri's work in Gall projection. John
> Cannon recommended I contact this list.
>
>
>
> Thank you for insights,
>
> Best,
> Sanjoy
>
>
>
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