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Re: Show HN: Plot modern addresses on Earth 240M years ago

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Post by derriz »

As a child I was fascinated by the idea that the cliffs of Moher (https://www.cliffsofmoher.ie/about-the-cliffs/geology/) stood at the mouth of a massive ancient river but I've never found a picture of the earth in the geological past which showed such a river.

Nor does this model. Anyone know enough about geology to explain why? Is it because rivers are not represented at all?

Re: Show HN: Plot modern addresses on Earth 240M years ago

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Post by krylon »

typpo wrote: post #2

Hi HN, I built this by adapting GPlates ( https://www.gplates.org ), an academic project providing desktop software for geologists to investigate plate tectonic data. I'm amazed that geologists collected enough data to actually plot my home 750M years ago, so I thought you all would enjoy it too. Even though plate tectonic models return precise results, you should consider the plots approximate (obviously we will nev…

This is really cool! Thank you!!!

Re: Show HN: Plot modern addresses on Earth 240M years ago

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Post by AdamSC1 »

typpo wrote: post #2

Hi HN, I built this by adapting GPlates ( https://www.gplates.org ), an academic project providing desktop software for geologists to investigate plate tectonic data. I'm amazed that geologists collected enough data to actually plot my home 750M years ago, so I thought you all would enjoy it too. Even though plate tectonic models return precise results, you should consider the plots approximate (obviously we will nev…

Love the map! Anyway to view a non-globe version?

Re: Show HN: Plot modern addresses on Earth 240M years ago

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Post by lhorie »

typpo wrote: post #2

Hi HN, I built this by adapting GPlates ( https://www.gplates.org ), an academic project providing desktop software for geologists to investigate plate tectonic data. I'm amazed that geologists collected enough data to actually plot my home 750M years ago, so I thought you all would enjoy it too. Even though plate tectonic models return precise results, you should consider the plots approximate (obviously we will nev…

I'm curious about the accuracy of the visualization. Specifically, at around 20M yrs, one can clearly see the mediterranean sea. The wikipedia page for the Zanclean Deluge[1] says it's theorized to have happened around 5M yrs ago.

Does this mean that the data from gplates doesn't support that theory? Or is that just an artifact of how things were put together for this project?

Nonetheless, cool project!

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanclean_flood

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