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Table 3. Absolute poles of rotation for plates in the southeast Pacific.

Plate	Rotation Start (Ma)	Interval End (Ma)	Latitude (+ = N)	Longitude (+ = E)	(°/m.y.)	Ref
Antarctic	0	5	-21.5	-104.5	0.054	1
Antarctic	5	10	-21.5	-104.5	0.106	1
Antarctic	10	20	-21.5	-104.5	0.105	1
Nazca	0	5	41.9	-99.0	-0.470	2
Nazca	5	19	40.1	-93.3	-0.916	2
Nazca	19	25	67.2	-102.2	-0.815	3
Nazca	25	38	32.9	141.6	-0.469	3
Nazca	38	42	31.9	-45.8	0.975	3
Cocos	0	5	16.8	-115.9	-1.336	2
Cocos	5	10	19.1	-108.5	-2.052	2
S.America	0	11	58.7	-45.3	0.191	4
S.America	11	21	63.7	51.66	0.143	4
S.America	21	36	68.8	47.6	0.308	4
S.America	36	42	57.2	-27.3	0.213	4

¹Cox, A., and Engebretson, D., 1985.
²Pisias, et al., 1995.
³Duncan, R.A., and Hargraves, R.B., 1984.
⁴Duncan, R.A, and Richards, M.A., 1991.

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