Supplementary Material

The kinematic evolution of the Macquarie Plate: A case study for the fragmentation of

oceanic lithosphere

Hakkyum Choi a,b, Seung-Sep Kim b,*, Jérôme Dyment c, Roi Granot d, Sung-Hyun Park a and

Jong Kuk Hong a

* Corresponding Author: seungsep@cnu.ac.kr

We list the archived magnetic data used to estimate the Macquarie–Antarctic and Australian–

Antarctic plate motions. Table S1 lists the model parameters, and Figure S1 shows the stage

poles for the Macquarie-associated plate motions.

Magnetic Data

We used the following archived magnetic data to estimate Macquarie–Antarctic plate motion:

UM6402-B (1965), ELT27 (1966), ELT36 (1968), ELT37 (1969), ARES02WT (1971), and

DSDP28GC (1972).

To estimate Australian–Antarctic plate motion, we used the following archived magnetic data:

V1609 (1960), MONS4BAR (1961), RC0802 (1964), RC0803 (1964), UM66C (1967),

ELT34 (1968), ELT35 (1968), ELT37 (1969), ELT39 (1969), ELT41 (1969), ELT41A (1970),

ELT44 (1970), ELT45 (1970), ELT47 (1971), ELT49 (1971), ELT50 (1971), ELT54 (1972),

DSDP28GC (1972), V3301 (1975), V3302 (1976), ND-31 (1979), ND-32 (1980), CP-36
(1980), ND-34 (1982), RS-47 (1985), ODP120JR (1988), WEST08MV (1994), WEST09MV

(1994), WEST10MV (1995), BMRG06MW (1996), GA-0179 (1997), GA-0180 (1997),

JARE38 (1997), JARE40 (1998), INMD05MB (1998), and ODP183JR (1998).

Here, the cruise names and years given in parentheses are identical to the archived list of the

National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Table S1. Model parameters used for magnetic forward modeling. We used 3% asymmetry
for the southern flank of line A for consistency, because the estimated rates of segment KR1
have an overall asymmetry of > 3%.

Magnetization of the
Spreading rates Asymmetry Spreading Azimuth Thickness
blocks (A/m)
Profile Magnetic Ridge direction of the of the Contamination Declination Inclination
name anomaly Age Rate Age jumps (degrees profile layer Coefficient (degrees) (degrees)
% to north) (degrees) (km) On-Axis Off-Axis
(Ma) (mm/yr) (Ma)

1o ~0.78 60.0 ~0.78 3

2 ~1.86 57.5 ~1.86 3
2Ay ~2.58 60.0 ~2.58 3
~3.04 61.5 ~3.04 3
146.143
2Ao ~3.58 72.0 ~3.58 3
3y ~4.18 82.0 ~4.18 3
~4.62 53.0 ~4.62 3
3o ~5.23 65.5 ~5.23 3 6.24
Line A 3Ay ~6.04 59.5 ~6.04 3 Ma
146 0.5 19.0 6.0 0.8 52.71 -82.68
(Y:2015) ~6.26 84.0 ~6.26 3
3Ao ~6.71 65.0 ~6.71 3 [-15 km]

4y ~7.43 67.5 ~7.43 3

4o ~8.07 66.0 ~8.07 3
146.066
4Ay ~8.70 82.0 ~8.70 3
~9.31 53.0 ~9.31 3
5y ~9.74 59.5 ~9.74 3
5o ~10.95 50.0 ~10.95 3
5o 10.95~ 60.0 10.95~ 3

1o ~0.78 65.5 ~0.78 0

2 ~1.86 64.0 ~1.86 2
2Ay ~2.58 66.0 ~2.58 10
~3.04 66.5 ~3.04 12
Line B
2Ao ~3.58 66.0 ~3.58 2
(Y:2015) - 151 150.7071 0.5 19.0 12.0 0.8 55.21 -83.45
3y ~4.18 65.0 ~4.18 -12
~4.62 64.0 ~4.62 8
3o ~5.23 68.5 ~5.23 2
3Ay ~6.04 64.0 ~6.04 7
3Ay 6.04~ 64.0 6.04~ 5

1o ~0.78 72.0 ~0.78 12

2 ~1.86 65.5 ~1.86 10
2Ay ~2.58 72.0 ~2.58 -7
3y ~4.18 67.5 ~4.18 5
Line C 3Ay ~6.04 66.5 ~6.04 -1
- 157 159.6205 0.5 23.0 9.0 0.8 42.39 -84.17
(Y:2012) 4y ~7.43 69.0 ~7.43 -1
4Ay ~8.70 60.0 ~8.70 -8
5y ~9.74 60.5 ~9.74 -6
5o ~10.95 62.0 ~10.95 -1
5o 10.95~ 61.5 10.95~ 2

* Ages are from Cande and Kent (1995), except for 3Ay and 3Ao, which are from Krijgsman et al. (1999)
Figure S1. Stage poles for (a) Macquarie–Antarctic, (b) Macquarie–Pacific and Macquarie–
Australian, and (c) Australian–Pacific and Australian–Antarctic motions.