Evolution of 3-D subduction-induced mantle flow around lateral slab edges in analogue models of free subduction analysed by stereoscopic particle image velocimetry technique

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Strak, Vincent, Schellart, Wouter P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Analogue models; Mantle flow; Slab edges; Stereoscopic PIV; Subduction; Tonga; Kamchatka
• Online Access: https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/1251e6df-3def-4db6-9ed5-19bfba856576; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2014.07.007; http://hdl.handle.net/1871.1/1251e6df-3def-4db6-9ed5-19bfba856576; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84905373449&partnerID=8YFLogxK; http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84905373449&partnerID=8YFLogxK

We present analogue models of free subduction in which we investigate the three-dimensional (3-D) subduction-induced mantle flow focusing around the slab edges. We use a stereoscopic Particle Image Velocimetry (sPIV) technique to map the 3-D mantle flow on 4 vertical cross-sections for one experimen...