Figure 4: Slab temperature and H2O distribution after 17.5 Myr of convergence. | Nature Communications

Figure 4: Slab temperature and H2O distribution after 17.5 Myr of convergence.

From: Subduction of fracture zones controls mantle melting and geochemical signature above slabs

Figure 4

(a) Numerical experiment with a heterogeneous subducting plate (20–30 Ma). (b) Numerical experiment with a heterogeneous subducting plate (20–30 Ma) and partially serpentinized fracture zone (hserp. f.z.=10 km; ρserp. f.z.=2,800 kg m−3). Slab temperature is shown as semitransparent (blue tones) isosurfaces and hydrated mantle and plume above the slab is coloured in light blue.

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