GPlates: Continent Collisions – Worldbuilder’s Log 16

What to do when continents collide

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LINKS:

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

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🧮 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
00:13 A New Way to Calculate Added Terrain
01:46 Forgotten Island Arcs & Subduction Zones
02:20 Continent Collision
04:28 Moving the Other Continents
05:23 Cleaning Up the Collision
14:50 Craton Considerations
15:27 Coupling Collided Continents
19:13 Flowline Reconstruction & New Ocean Crust
19:25 Island Arc – Island Arc Collision Cosiderations
20:00 Future Subduction Zone Considerations
21:45 Outro

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