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    I'm no expert (trying to build a tectonics map of my own), but this looks super cool! I do have a question about the Kelly plate. I would assume you would have more divergence on the border with the Sessions plate, since it's directly opposite the direction of subduction, than on the border with the Pruitt plate. What is your rationale here?

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    Thanks!

    Kelly's motion is a bit hard to depict on a static equirectangular projection like this, so here's an animation of the motion in orthographic from 16 Ma - present (teal = Kelly, orange = Pruitt, purple = Sessions). You're completely right that there's greater spreading between Kelly and Sessions than Kelly and Pruitt; there's actually a bit of a rotational component to the motion between Kelly and Pruitt, which, combined with being relatively close to the pole, makes the motion a little weird looking in equirectangular. Hopefully that helps to clear up!

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