Submitted by Aubin_kun t3_11l055w in askscience
Im_riding_a_lion t1_jbadf65 wrote
Reply to comment by svarogteuse in How much influence does a natural satellite (like the Moon) have on the formation of continents ? by Aubin_kun
Maybe not in the same scale as plate tectonics, but the shaping of continents is effected by tides causing coastal erosion and accreciation.
svarogteuse t1_jbaeb4f wrote
No where near the same scale as plate tectonics. On the local level tides will cause erosion but when we do modeling of tectonics with something like gplates you aren't modeling the small time scale erosionable bits (like the coastline) anyway you are modeling masses of rock. The fine details that would be effected by tidal erosion are just left to artistic interpretation once you make more detailed maps.
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