equivalent_rotation function

Equivalent rotation

Transforms a sequence of rotations into a new reference system

equivalent_rotation(x, fixed, rot)

Arguments

• x: Object of class "data.frame" containing the Euler poles of plate rotations:

  • plate.rot: Moving plate
  • lat, lon: coordinates of Euler pole
  • angle: Angle of rotation
  • plate.fix: Fixed plate

• fixed: plate that will be regarded as fixed. Has to be one out of x$plate.fix

• rot: (optional) plate that will be regarded as rotating. Has to be one out of x$plate.rot.

Returns

sequence of plate rotations in new reference system. Same object class as x

Examples

data(nuvel1) # load the NUVEL1 rotation parameters

# all nuvel1 rotation equivalent to fixed Africa:
equivalent_rotation(nuvel1, fixed = "af")
# relative plate motion between Eurasia and India:
equivalent_rotation(nuvel1, "eu", "in")

See Also

relative_rotation()