Fig. 15
From: Thermal modeling of subduction zones with prescribed and evolving 2D and 3D slab geometries
Comparison of the slab surface temperatures as a function of depth as modeled in the \(D=2\) and \(D=3\) cases. In each case, we plot the surface temperatures as a function of depth along \(\Gamma _\text {slab}\) at the time steps shown in the \(D=2\) models in Figs. 6, 7 and 8 and the cross-sections of the \(D=3\) model in Figs. 12, 13 and 14. The difference between the \(D=2\) and \(D=3\) models at time \(t={0.0}\,\hbox {Myr}\) is indistinguishable at this scale