Predicted Tectonic Geometry and Mantle Movement (IMAGE)

University of Illinois College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Predicted Tectonic Geometry and Mantle Movement

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Researchers created a three-dimensional representation of predicted slab geometry and mantle flow. The image outlines areas with a temperature at 300 degrees Celsius cooler than the surrounding mantle, with different colors representing different depths. Oceanic plates and slabs are semi-transparent, and continents are entirely transparent. Green arrows represent velocity vectors inside the mantle

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Lijun Liu, University of Illinois.

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