Fig. 1From: Estimating the lithospheric flexure of a plate with non-uniform flexural rigidity: a quantitative modelling approachConceptual mechanical model of the lithosphere and asthenosphere, the compensation depth is set to be at the Lithosphere–asthenosphere interface (LAI). \(\rho_{{\text{c}}}\), \(\rho_{m}\) and \(\rho_{F}\) are density values (Table 1), and \(\Delta \rho_{1} = \rho_{c} - \rho_{f}\), \(\Delta \rho_{2} = \rho_{m} - \rho_{c}\), \(\Delta \rho_{3} = \rho_{F} - \rho_{m}\) are interface density contrasts, \(\rho_{f}\) represents either the air density on land or seawater density in the ocean (revised from Banks et al. 2001)Back to article page