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. 2017 Dec 8;8:2010. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01847-z

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Fig. 8 — Numerical results showing the temporal evolution and lateral variation of the continental crustal thickness in the overriding plate. a Overriding plate crustal thickness (T _C) at four different times (31.7 Myr corresponding to the Middle Jurassic in nature, 67.5 Myr corresponding to the Early Cretaceous, 132.8 Myr corresponding to the latest Cretaceous, 182.6 Myr corresponding to the Late Cenozoic) in the centre of the subduction zone. b Overriding plate crustal thickness at three different sections along the subduction zone (centre of the wide subduction zone, 1200 km from the centre and 2400 km from the centre) in a late stage of the subduction evolution (182.6 Myr, corresponding to the Late Cenozoic). Note that the original continental crustal thickness (at model time = 0 Myr) is 30 km, and that changes in thickness are due to overriding plate shortening and/or extension