Dr. Alexander Koptev

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsGeophysics,Geology
Keywordsplume-lithosphere interaction, geodynamics, numerical modelling, Iceland mantle plume, thermochronology
Honours and awards

2018: A. Flinn - Pembroke J. Hart Award (Outstanding Young Scientist), International Lithosphere Program

Current contact address

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Todd EhlersArbeitsbereich Mineralogie und Geodynamik, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2019

Programme(s)

2018Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2021Koptev, Alexander and Cloetingh, Sierd and Kov{\'a}cs, Istv{\'a}n J and Gerya, Taras and Ehlers, Todd A: Controls by rheological structure of the lithosphere on the temporal evolution of continental magmatism: Inferences from the Pannonian Basin system. In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 565, 2021, 116925
2021Koptev, Alexander and Cloetingh, Sierd and Ehlers, Todd A: Longevity of small-scale (“baby”) plumes and their role in lithospheric break-up. In: Geophysical Journal International, 2021,
2021Cloetingh, Sierd and Koptev, Alexander and Kov{\'a}cs, Istv{\'a}n and Gerya, Taras and Beniest, Anouk and Willingshofer, Ernst and Ehlers, Todd A and Andri{\'c}-Toma{\v{s}}evi{\'c}, Nevena and Botsyun, Svetlana and Eizenhöfer, Paul R and others: Plume-Induced Sinking of Intracontinental Lithospheric Mantle: An Overlooked Mechanism of Subduction Initiation?. In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 22, 2021, e2020GC009482
2021Le Gall, Bernard and Gama, Remigius and Koptev, Alexander and Chazot, Gilles and Boniface, Nelson and Loget, Nicolas and Daoud, Mohamed Ahmed and Tarits, Pascal and Plasman, Matthieu and Hautot, Sophie: The anomalously-propagating South Kenya rift in the context of the North Tanzanian Divergence zone, East Africa. In: Tectonophysics, 2021, 228968
2021Kov{\'a}cs, Istv{\'a}n J and Liptai, N{\'o}ra and Koptev, Alexander and Cloetingh, Sierd APL and Lange, Thomas P and Mațenco, Liviu and Szak{\'a}cs, Alexandru and Radulian, Mircea and Berkesi, M{\'a}rta and Patk{\'o}, Levente and others: The ‘pargasosphere’hypothesis: Looking at global plate tectonics from a new perspective. In: Global and Planetary Change, 2021, 103547