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GPlates: Splitting Comoving Plates- Worldbuilder’s Log 13

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How split apart comoving plates, how to deal with ocean plates at triple junctions, and the addition of new subduction zones and island arcs

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LINKS:

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/artifexian

🌍 GPLATES: https://www.gplates.org

⭐️ WORLDBUILDING PASTA : https://worldbuildingpasta.blogspot.com

⭐️ VANGA-VANGOG : https://www.deviantart.com/vanga-vangog/gallery

🧮 THE WORLDSMITH (Spreadsheet): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AML0mIQcWDrrEHj-InXoYsV_QlhlFVuUalE3o-TwQco/copy

📕 REFERENCE DOCS: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a3ZZFmVy80zViaGw3hazats_INujM0Zb?usp=sharing

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MUSIC:

Udo Grunewald

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Intro
00:16 Splitting the Eastern Continent
02:35 Splitting the Oceans
05:03 Splitting Island Arcs
06:37 Splitting Subduction Zones
07:23 Decoupling Cratons
11:28 Rifting apart the Eastern Continent
14:57 Creating New Flowlines
19:54 New Ocean Crust
21:46 Triple Junction Flowlines
23:03 Subduction Zones
25:58 Island Arcs
27:31 Outro

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