Throughout the Mesozoic and Cenozoic, the choice of plate reference frame impacts the reconstruction of regional surface temperature, causing differences of over 20 °C and 15 °C respectively, according to a sensitivity experiment involving 52 climate simulations, which examined how the use of different reference frames in paleogeographic reconstructions affects global climate reconstructions.
- Jonathon Leonard
- Sabin Zahirovic
- Claire A. Mallard
