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Koptev Alexander (17th June 1985; Ryazan, Russia)

Habilitation in Geology, Geophysics and Geodynamics (2022 - University of Tübingen, Germany)

Ph.D. in Geology (2011 - Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia)

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

Currently post-doc researcher at GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany

Scientific interests: Numerical modelling, geodynamics, tectonics, lithosphere rheology, continental rifting, subduction

Contacts: alexander.koptev@gfz-potsdam.de

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First and second author publications since 2015

1. Koptev A., Cloetingh S. (2024). Role of Large Igneous Provinces in continental break-up varying from “Shirker” to “Producer”. // Communications Earth & Environment, 5, 27. (file in format *.pdf)

2. Andric-Tomasevic N., Koptev A., Maiti G., Gerya T., Ehlers T.A. (2023). Slab tearing in non-collisional settings: Insights from thermo-mechanical modelling of oblique subduction. // Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 610, 118097. (file in format *.pdf)

3. Koptev A., Cloetingh S., Gerya T., Sternai P., Botsyun S. (2022). Ocean-continent subduction cannot be initiated without preceding intra-oceanic subduction! // Frontiers in Earth Sciences, 10, 1097922. (file in format *.pdf)

4. Koptev A., Nettesheim M., Falkowski S., Ehlers T.A. (2022). 3D geodynamic-geomorphologic modelling of deformation and exhumation at curved plate boundaries: Implications for the southern Alaskan plate corner. // Scientific Reports, 12, 14260. (file in format *.pdf)

5. Koptev A., Nettesheim M., Ehlers T.A. (2022). Plate corner subduction and rapid localized exhumation: Insights from 3D coupled geodynamic and geomorphological modelling. // Terra Nova, 34(3), 210-223. (file in format *.pdf)

6. Cloetingh S., Koptev A., Lavecchia, A., Kovács I.J., Beekman, F. (2022). Fingerprinting secondary mantle plumes. // Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 597, 117819. (file in format *.pdf)

7. Koptev A., Cloetingh S., Ehlers T.A. (2021). Longevity of small-scale (“baby”) plumes and their role in lithospheric break-up. // Geophysical Journal International, 227(1), 439-471. (file in format *.pdf)

8. Koptev A., Cloetingh S., Kovács I.J., Gerya T., Ehlers T.A. (2021). Controls by rheological structure of the lithosphere on the temporal evolution of continental magmatism: Inferences from the Pannonian Basin system. // Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 565, 116925. (file in format *.pdf)

9. Cloetingh S., Koptev A., Kovács I., Gerya T., Beniest A., Willingshofer E., Ehlers T.A., Andric-Tomasevic N., Botsyun S., Eizenhöfer P.R., François T., Beekman F. (2021). Plume-induced sinking of intra-continental lithospheric mantle: An overlooked mechanism of subduction initiation? // Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 22(2), e2020GC009482. (file in format *.pdf)

10. Koptev A., Ehlers T.A., Nettesheim M., Whipp D.M. (2019). Response of a rheologically stratified lithosphere to subduction of an indenter-shaped plate: Insights into localized exhumation at orogen syntaxes. // Tectonics, 38(6), 1908-1930. (file in format *.pdf)

11. Koptev A., Beniest A., Gerya T., Ehlers T.A., Jolivet L., Leroy S. (2019). Plume-induced breakup of a subducting plate: Microcontinent formation without cessation of the subduction process. // Geophysical Research Letters, 46(7), 3663-3675. (file in format *.pdf)

12. Koptev A., Gerya T., Calais E., Leroy S., Burov E. (2018). Afar triple junction triggered by plume-assisted bi-directional continental break-up. // Scientific Reports, 8, 14742. (file in format *.pdf)

13. Koptev A., Calais E., Burov E., Leroy S., Gerya T. (2018). Along-axis variations of rift width in a coupled lithosphere-mantle system, application to East Africa. // Geophysical Research Letters, 45(11), 5362-5370. (file in format *.pdf)

14. Koptev A., Cloetingh S., Gerya T., Calais E., Leroy S. (2018). Non-uniform splitting of a single mantle plume by double cratonic roots: Insight into the origin of the central and southern East African Rift System. // Terra Nova, 30(2), 125-134. (file in format *.pdf)

15. François T., Koptev A., Cloetingh S., Burov E., Gerya T. (2018). Plume-lithosphere interactions in rifted margin tectonic settings: Inferences from thermo-mechanical modelling. // Tectonophysics, 746, 138-154. (file in format *.pdf)

16. Koptev A., Burov E., Gerya T., Le Pourhiet L., Leroy S., Calais E., Jolivet L. (2018). Plume-induced continental rifting and break-up in ultra-slow extension context: Insights from 3D numerical modeling. // Tectonophysics, 746, 121-137. (file in format *.pdf)

17. Koptev A., Cloetingh S., Burov E., François T., Gerya T. (2017). Long-distance impact of Iceland plume on Norway’s rifted margin. // Scientific Reports, 7, 10408. (file in format *.pdf)

18. Beniest A., Koptev A., Leroy S., Sassi W., Guichet X. (2017). Two-branch break-up systems by a single mantle plume: Insights from numerical modeling. // Geophysical Research Letters, 44(19), 9589-9597. (file in format *.pdf)

19. Beniest A., Koptev A., Burov E. (2017). Numerical models for continental break-up: Implications for the South Atlantic. // Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 461, 176-189. (file in format *.pdf)

20. Koptev A., Burov E., Calais E., Leroy S., Gerya T., Guillou-Frottier L., Cloetingh S. (2016). Contrasted continental rifting via plume-craton interaction: Applications to Central East African rift. // Geoscience Frontiers, 7(2), 221-236. (file in format *.pdf)

21. Koptev A., Calais E., Burov E., Leroy S., Gerya T. (2015). Dual continental rift systems generated by plume-lithosphere interaction. // Nature Geoscience, 8, 388-392. (file in format *.pdf)