What is Ana's MS12 model

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When I check the *gpml file, I find

**gml:name
Lhasa subduction zone 180-100Ma according to Ana’s model MS12
</gml:name>

it says the reconstruciton is based on Ana’s model MS12. does anyone know who is Ana? Is there any reference for the Ana’s MS12 model.

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Hi @Haibin_Yang

it’s quite hard to help you on that one if don’t provide a filename or where you encountered that string.

As the community is small, this likely refers to Ana Gibbons’ PhD and related papers on reconstructing the Indian Ocean and surrounds: https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/8580. Although “MS12” could refer to one incarnation of M. Seton’s 2012 changes to the rotation model.

This is a case where a more verbose format of the rotation file such as the GROT rotation file format would help (as in providing a link to a certain model/paper/thesis or a longer description).

Cheers,

Christian