The opening of the Tasman Sea

A computer animation based on a new plate model used to rotate present-day free-air gravity anomalies through time.

References:

Gaina, C., Müller, R.D., Royer, J.-Y., Stock, J., Hardebeck, J., Symonds, P.A., 1998, The tectonic history of the Tasman Sea: a puzzle with 13 pieces, Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 12413-12429. 

Gaina, C., Roest, W., Müller, R.D., and Symonds, P.A., 1998, Earth Interactions, The opening of the Tasman Sea: A gravity anomaly grid animation, in press.