Plate detective maps — df_geology_map_plate

Earthquakes (magnitude 5 or more, 1975–2025) and Holocene volcanoes of one of the five regions of the plate detective exercise, without plate boundaries: finding them is the exercise. Epicentres are coloured (and shaped, for greyscale printing) by depth class: 0–70 km, 70–300 km and 300–700 km. The size of the points shows the magnitude.

Usage

df_geology_map_plate_detective(
  region = c("A", "B", "C", "D", "E"),
  title = TRUE,
  theme = ggplot2::theme_minimal()
)

df_geology_map_hc_plate_detective(
  region = c("A", "B", "C", "D", "E"),
  title = TRUE
)

Arguments

region: Region code: "A" Japan, "B" Central Andes, "C" Iceland / North Atlantic, "D" Himalaya / Tibet or "E" California (see geodata::df_geology_regions)
title: TRUE for the region code and name, FALSE for no title, or a string
theme: A ggplot2 theme

Value

A ggplot2 map (df_geology_map_plate_detective()) or a highcharts chart (df_geology_map_hc_plate_detective())

Examples

df_geology_map_plate_detective("A")

df_geology_map_hc_plate_detective("B")