List of Figures
- 1. Central Mediterranean geodynamic framework.
- 2. Motion of Africa and Iberia with respect to fixed Eurasia.
- 3. Flow chart of different phases of the experimental modeling.
- 4. Cartoon showing the experimental setup adopted in the presented models.
- 5. Modeling results of subduction initiation.
- 6. Modeling results of subduction into the mantle and the interaction with the 660-km discontinuity.
- 7a. Velocity field and streamlines of mantle circulation during the subduction into the upper mantle.
- 7b. Velocity field and streamlines of mantle circulation during the subduction into the upper mantle.
- 8. Trench retreat velocity during steady-state subduction vs. slab width.
- 9. Modeling results to study effects related to the reduction of slab width.
- 10. Modeling results of continental subduction.
- 11. Evolution of a regional model characterized by a laterally heterogeneous geometry resembling the CMSz Mesozoic paleogeographic setting.