Visualization of Lithosphere Subduction

In this book we illustrate how visualization of scientific data helps in interpreting

results of three-dimensional (3-D) numerical modeling. We visualize the evolution of the

descending lithosphere (lithosphere subduction) beneath the Japanese Islands assimilating

geophysical, geodetic, and geological data. Using 3-D visualization tools we illustrate here

that the hot mantle upwelling beneath the descending Pacific plate penetrated through the

plate into the mantle wedge.