Figure 4

Evolution of the reference model: Selected snapshot of the reference model evolution at ~12 (a), 18 (b), 22 (c) and 26 (d) Myr. Top, middle and lower panel show the surface topography, lithology distribution and amount of molten material, respectively. In the middle panel, the light-dark colour layering in the crust and mantle lithosphere facilitates the strain visualization. The inset on the middle panel shows the location of the lower panel. The figure was generated with MATLAB version R2017 and assembled with Adobe Illustrator version 24.0.1.