Extended Data Fig. 8: Comparisons of the dripping structure with previous models.

a. VS from this study. b. VS from US-SL-201422. c. VP from US-SL-201422. d. VP from CAP2293. e. VP from BBNAP1921. f. VP from ref. 23. g. VS from NA1394. h. VS from US2257. i. VS from ref. 25. Each panel contains three sub-panels corresponding to Fig. 2c, a and b, for the average between 300 and 500 km depths, cross-sections A-A’ and B-B’.