W. J. Morgan contributed to the kinematics of plate tectonics. With Dan McKenzie, he analysed how the relative motions of three plates constrain the evolution of a triple junction.[ref]
The physical issue is compatibility: three separately specified boundary motions must meet at one moving junction. This makes a plate reconstruction more restrictive than drawing plausible boundary lines independently and helps distinguish configurations that can persist from those requiring a change of geometry.

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