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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
Antarctic05-21.5-104.50.0541
Antarctic510-21.5-104.50.1061
Antarctic1020-21.5-104.50.1051
Nazca0541.9-99.0-0.4702
Nazca51940.1-93.3-0.9162
Nazca192567.2-102.2-0.8153
Nazca253832.9141.6-0.4693
Nazca384231.9-45.80.9753
Cocos0516.8-115.9-1.3362
Cocos51019.1-108.5-2.0522
S.America01158.7-45.30.1914
S.America112163.751.660.1434
S.America213668.847.60.3084
S.America364257.2-27.30.2134

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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