Earth
Subduction: an ocean plate descends
Follow a moving oceanic slab beneath a continent and compare its age with the temperature profile of cooling lithosphere.
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Change the plate age and compare the temperature colours across its thickness. White markers show the prescribed descent.
The model and its limits
Kinematic section and half-space cooling profile. Vertical scale is compressed. One simulation second represents 0.04 million years; no mantle-flow or eruption forecast.
Equations used in the module
Equations T(z,t) = T_s + (T_m - T_s) erf(z / (2 sqrt(kappa t)))
