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    I've thought a little bit about how the tectonics plates are laid out on this map. It looks to me like a Pangaea-style super continent (sp?) in the process of splitting up. The southern landmass is swinging south and east away from the main continent with a counter-clockwise twist, opening up that sea. Eventually it will split off completely. I'm not sure what's happening with the northwestern landmass, since it's connected to the main one over the north pole. Maybe it's splitting off, maybe not. That peninsula right in the center of the map is probably splitting off too, only remaining connected by a narrow neck of land.

    Hard to say for sure, though. I haven't done any geology since college, and that was only an entry-level course.

    I should plot that out more though, as that will tell me where the volcanoes are. That southern mountain range is probably volcanic. Actually, that north-western sea has mountains almost all the way around it. Perhaps its in the process of closing up, which would make all those ranges volcanic also. That small range of mountains on the western edge of the peninsula is probably also mildly volcanic, as it doesn't appear to be too large yet.
    Last edited by Master TMO; 05-23-2010 at 09:25 PM.
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