Figure 5: Slab temperature evolution for a subduction experiment with serpentinized fracture zone. | Nature Communications

Figure 5: Slab temperature evolution for a subduction experiment with serpentinized fracture zone.

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

Figure 5

(a–h) The evolution from 6.23 to 8.48 Myr. The partially serpentinized fracture zone has the following characteristics: hserp. f.z.=10 km and ρserp. f.z.=2,800 kg m−3. The slice through this model is normal to the slab surface and illustrates that at B8.10 Myr the slab temperature starts to increase in the region of fracture zone subduction (e).

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