Evolution of an opening and sinking slab gap during oceanic subduction. This conclusive image is based on analog models of subduction, where the slab surface was monitored by 3-D scanning and the mantle flow was imaged using PIV technique. The opening slab gap allows mantle to flow from the sub-slab area to the mantle wedge area. However, this flow might only have an effect on the surface when the slab gap is near-surface and has a significant vertical extent.
- Creator: Ágnes Király
- This version: 30.09.2021
- License: Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Specific citation: This graphic by Ágnes Király from Király et al. (2020) is available via the open-access s-Ink repository.
- Related reference: Király, Á., Portner, D. E., Haynie, K. L., Chilson-Parks, B. H., Ghosh, T., Jadamec, M., … & O’Farrell, K. A. (2020). The effect of slab gaps on subduction dynamics and mantle upwelling. Tectonophysics, 785, 228458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228458
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