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Why is the northern coast of Africa so much smoother than the southern coast of Europe? https://t.co/PDkgWjQp8X
@eshear seems like that's probably not it https://t.co/MRu2XeY31M
@eshear ok generally i'd be against directly sharing an LLM answer but these do look like good leads https://t.co/SYWgjPbxqu
@eshear the undersea portions of the African plate are subducting beneath the undersea portions of the Eurasian Plate, driving back arc volcanism that gives rise to Italy, Greece, and the mountains of Turkey. it's more obvious if you look at seafloor maps. https://t.co/76q5wHnwMF
Totally expected but still kind of funny to me: the correct answer was posted almost immediately and it has been the top reply ever since, but people keep replying with new incorrect guesses anyway. https://t.co/MbHN9ifF8n
@eshear the undersea portions of the African plate are subducting beneath the undersea portions of the Eurasian Plate, driving back arc volcanism that gives rise to Italy, Greece, and the mountains of Turkey. it's more obvious if you look at seafloor maps. https://t.co/76q5wHnwMF
