TANGO: A Probabilistic Framework for Assessing Polar Wander – Constraining Paleolongitude in Deep Time

The spatial configuration of continents and its temporal evolution exert a fundamental control on Earth’s evolution. Before 130 Ma, plate motions can only be quantified through the study of paleomagnetism, however, individual paleomagnetic data cannot constrain longitude.

This means that paleo-longitude remains one of the most important challenges in paleogeography. The project TANGO will provide the conceptual basis to (1) assess polar wander with rigorous uncertainty estimates, allowing us to (2) constrain paleo-longitude in deep time.

Read more about the project (github.com)

Tags: Anomalies and changepoints, Graph theory, Monte Carlo methods, Non-parametric and semi-parametric methods, Optimization, Uncertainty quantification, Unsupervised learning, Statistical methods
Published July 6, 2023 2:35 PM - Last modified Oct. 23, 2023 1:34 PM
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