Fig. 6

Flow and temperature around a plate junction. (a) 3D image of the temperature field. The cyan plane shows an isothermal surface of 1000°C. Yellow lines shows isotherms of 400, 800, and 1200°C on the plane with θ = 95.4°. (b) Horizontal view at a depth of 100 km of (a). An equidistant cylindrical projection is used. Temperature and velocity fields are shown. Flow perpendicular to the plate boundary exists in the area enclosed by the white dotted line. The time elapsed from the start of calculation is 7.02 Myr.