Figure 14From: Towards scaling laws for subduction initiation on terrestrial planets: constraints from two-dimensional steady-state convection simulationsComparison of stress profiles at mid-width obtained from numerical calculations and theory. Blue line represents the best fit to numerical solutions of stresses. The stress profile is taken at mid-width, where the stresses in the surface boundary layer is lower than the interior as shown in the 2-D stress fields.Back to article page