Continental drift

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Continental drift; How continental drift will carry out
Topic Started: Dec 12 2015, 11:10 AM (2,090 Views)
CaledonianWarrior96	Dec 12 2015, 11:10 AM Post #1
An Awesome Reptile Posts: 2,383 Group: Members Member #1,642 Joined: Feb 22, 2015 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: Scottish (Not british) Favorite Quote: "Life's too short to take it seriously" - Me Also known as: SlothWarrior	Hey guys. I'm having a bit of trouble trying to make maps for future continents and I was wandering if anyone here knew any ways or websites that can help you make your own maps. I'm just trying to get a visual idea of what the continents would like in the future at differen times (eg 50 million ACE, 100 million ACE, 250 million ACE etc...). I have my own theories on what the continents would look like given our current knowledge of plate tectonics, where the continents are moving now and how fast they are and subduction/plate growth zones. Any help is appreciated. Thanks
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whachamacallit2	Apr 9 2016, 11:49 AM Post #46
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El Dorito	Apr 10 2016, 01:35 AM Post #47
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El Dorito	Apr 13 2016, 08:58 AM Post #48
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Dragonthunders	Apr 14 2016, 01:36 PM Post #49
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CaledonianWarrior96	Apr 14 2016, 04:32 PM Post #50
An Awesome Reptile Posts: 2,383 Group: Members Member #1,642 Joined: Feb 22, 2015 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: Scottish (Not british) Favorite Quote: "Life's too short to take it seriously" - Me Also known as: SlothWarrior	So I mentioned in the Questions that don't need Threads thread that East Africa is drifting away from Mainland Africa, forming into a subcontinent. But what would the geography of East Africa look like? Would it remain the same, would mountains form, new islands form? And I should say now that I looked it up and both East Africa and Madagascar are on the same plate (the Somali Plate) so they would both be drifting at the same rate with a continental collision being unlikely. Well that's what I think anyway
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flashman63	Apr 14 2016, 04:37 PM Post #51
The Herr From Terre Posts: 988 Group: Members Member #758 Joined: May 17, 2012 Nationality: American	As I said before: Reunion Hotspot will cause some deformation of both East Africa and Madgascar, maybe even forming a landbridge.
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CaledonianWarrior96	Apr 14 2016, 04:47 PM Post #52
An Awesome Reptile Posts: 2,383 Group: Members Member #1,642 Joined: Feb 22, 2015 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: Scottish (Not british) Favorite Quote: "Life's too short to take it seriously" - Me Also known as: SlothWarrior	flashman63 Apr 14 2016, 04:37 PM As I said before: Reunion Hotspot will cause some deformation of both East Africa and Madgascar, maybe even forming a landbridge. Don't worry I noted that down. Be interesting if an archepelago formed there, like the Mozambique Islands or something. If a land bridge did form though then the fauna of Madagascar could migrate to East Africa and you'd have the african equivalent of the Great American Interchange; the Great African Interchange (if the fauna alive today survive that far in the future, which is unfortunately unlikely. But there'll probably be new forms by then anyway).
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LittleLazyLass	Apr 14 2016, 05:10 PM Post #53
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CaledonianWarrior96	Apr 14 2016, 05:27 PM Post #54
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flashman63	Apr 14 2016, 05:31 PM Post #55
The Herr From Terre Posts: 988 Group: Members Member #758 Joined: May 17, 2012 Nationality: American	Well I would imagine that far in the future Zebu cattle would diversify quite nicely, along with lemurs probably- after all, they've made it this long. Like monkeys, they tend to be fairly adaptable.
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El Dorito	Apr 14 2016, 08:40 PM Post #56
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Dragonthunders	Apr 15 2016, 12:12 PM Post #57
The ethereal archosaur in blue Posts: 3,039 Group: Global Mods Member #690 Joined: Jan 22, 2012 Gender: Male Nationality: Salvadoran Favorite Quote: "There is only one war that can afford the human being: the war against their extinction" Isaac Asimov Also known as: DT, thunders Gender: still male	Quote: This is probably a stupid question but could I use Microsoft Paint? Yeah, I guess, It is quite limited because with photoshop you can do more precise modifications, with pixelated maps can work well. Quote: Also what kind of map is best for the base image? I tried a Mercator projection but it wasn't scaled right. I always use the equirectangular projection but there is always the problem of distortion of the continents at the poles. You can see some options here if you want something else. Quote: Also the map is good, except in real life the continents would slowly change shape and lose their modern identity, although im sure you already know that. I know, is just the representation, but I'm not sure about the path that the continent take, and also the probable shape after some tens of millions of years if the continent would rise again from the ocean (maybe here I asking to much) Also to add something else with the conversation and with the last posts, I had that curiosity about what might bring the Africa Division and the fate of the east part. I had thought that at one point the dorsal formed by the actual rift grow enough, causing both East Africa and Madagascar collide with India and Indonesia. (you can see it in the gif)
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