EarthByte, The University of Sydney
This animation portrays the time-dependent evolution of the India-Eurasia convergence zone, with a representative vertical slice reconstructed with Lhasa to capture the evolution of the Kohistan-Ladakh and Tethyan intra-oceanic subduction zones. The cross-section depicts the temperature field from the numerical mantle flow models, and the globes show the position of the vertical slices through time, the plate reconstruction and the predicted mantle temperature field at ~400 km depth. The background mantle temperature is ~1413°C, and the small tick marks on the temperature scale represent temperature intervals of 250°C. Great circle angular distance along the vertical profile is shown on the x-axis. The left y-axis represents depth in kilometres, and on the right represents non-dimensional Earth radius. The plate reconstructions are plotted in an orthographic projection with centre co-ordinate of 15°S, 115°E.
Supplementary Material:
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Reference:
Zahirovic, S., K.J. Matthews, N. Flament, R. Dietmar Müller, K.C. Hill, M. Seton, M. Gurnis (2016) Tectonic evolution and deep mantle structure of the eastern Tethys since the latest Jurassic, Ear. Sci. Rev., 162, 293-337, [ Ссылка ].
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