Tectonic Evolution of "Euphoria" over 700 Million Years

[Peter Toth]

Hi Guild,

As promised, here's my latest project, another conworld that I'm hoping will test (and hopefully improve) my skills in mapmaking. Meet the world of Euphoria, a planet slightly larger than the Earth but with a smaller core to render a comfortable one-gee gravitational pull.

https://www.facebook.com/peter.toth....3609246929893/

I've chosen a bright green for my continents and a nearly transparent shading for my oceanic plates in my effort to make this video clear and easy to follow. I tried to download the latest version of GPlates, which reputedly features subduction "teeth" among other new features; however, I couldn't activate or even find these new features in the 2.5 version. Does anyone know how to render the "teeth?"

At any rate, I hope you enjoy this video.

Peter

[Eld]

I do like the video! It reminds me of the project that Artifexian runs over at Youtube with his example-world. Have you checked out his channel?

[Harrg]

Very nice!

[Naima]

Very nice as usual!

[Tiluchi]

Amazing! This is more advanced than I ever got with GPlates, well done. Looking forward to seeing this turn more and more into a world.

[Peter Toth]

Thank you to Eld, Harrg, Naima, and Tiluchi for the very positive reviews and for your interest in this project.

Yes Eld, I am a big fan of Artifexian and actually learned how to use GPlates by watching his very informative and down-to-earth videos. I also want to acknowledge Worldbuilding Pasta as well, who has provided a wealth of information, technical support, and inspiration for all my latest projects. The graphics I've added below couldn't have been possible without him, so a hugh thank you to Nikolai!

And yes, I do plan to create detailed atlas-style maps of each continent just like you've done with your Rheia project, Tiluchi. I'm hoping to draw most by hand and completely avoid using satellite DEMs.

As you can see below, I've done some more work on Euphoria, sketching out the coastlines (as opposed to tectonic plates) and estimating orogeny altitudes. To calculate the erosion rates, I didn't obsess over the exact values; I merely checked very roughly which climate zone(s) each orogeny passes through during the course of my tectonic video.

World Map of Fantasia.png

I then fed the data into ExoPlaSim, obtaining the following temperature graphs:

Summer 1.png

Winter 1.png

And then the Koppen map:

Koppen12.png

Overall, I'm not very satisfied with the parameters I've chosen for this conworld, as a very small proportion of my available land is habitable. I'll have to either slow down the rotation, make the atmosphere thicker, or fiddle with the obliquity.

By the way, does anyone know how to use the new GPlates version to display tectonic boundaries? I've downloaded the "latest" version but it looks virtually identical to the previous. I was hoping to use those subduction zone "teeth" on my tectonic maps.

That's all for now.

Peter