Fig. 3: Examples of final 2D temperature distributions from a slab model with sinking velocity of vsink = 5 cm yr−1 and age of tslab = 80 Myrs.
From: Olivine’s high radiative conductivity increases slab temperature by up to 200K
Panel (a) represents the model without radiative heat transport; panel (b) the model with radiative heat transport; panel (c) shows the temperature difference between (b) and (a). Each subplot plot shows only the upper \(40\) \({km}\) of the slab, starting from its surface at \(0\) \({km}\). For the plot we used the Scientific Color Maps56. The temperature profile across the whole slab thickness is reported in Fig. S15.
