not a 2-D problem
Posted by John Vidale on April 12, 2006 at 11:37:20:

not my specialty, but my impression is that crustal microplates are 3-D, with thrust and normal faulting as well as strike-slip faulting, so reconstructing their motion (1) takes more knowledge of the shape of each microplate than we have, and (2) takes more complicated software than just tracking Euler poles.

Follow Ups:
     ● Re: not a 2-D problem - Russell  12:44:34 - 4/12/2006  (36306)  (0)
     ● Re: not a 2-D problem - glen  12:39:11 - 4/12/2006  (36305)  (1)
        ● another nasty complexity - John Vidale  14:12:33 - 4/12/2006  (36307)  (0)