GPlates: Microcontinents - Worldbuilder’s Log 14
Channel: Artifexian
Date: 05/12/2022

How create new plates mid way through your fantasy worlds tectonic history.

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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
00:25 New Continental Rifts
01:26 New Failed Rifts
01:49 Microcontinent Failed Rifts
02:48 Splitting Features (Main Continent)
04:01 Creating a Microcontinent
05:56 Microcontinent Island Arcs
07:19 Microcontinent Ocean Crust
08:16 Microcontinent Island Arcs II
10:31 Microcontinent Subduction Zones
11:28 Coding the New Microcontinent
16:54 Evolving Continents from 850 to 800 mya
18:34 Drift Correction
19:55 Microcontinent Flowlines
21:35 Microcontinent Ocean Crust II
24:19 Ocean Crust
25:28 Triple Junction
25:54 More Flowlines & Ocean Crust
29:26 Outro

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Thanks for watching everyone. It means a lot. 🥰