2015-2017

Present position: Researcher at BRGM (French geological survey), Orléans, France.

Alexis Plunder was hired as a post-doc in the SINK project. He did a PhD at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, France, in 2013, and was a post-doc/teacher at UPMC in Paris since then. Alexis is now working on numerical modeling of intra-oceanic subduction initiation, alongside ongoing work on the crystalline geology and tectonics of Anatolia

Project: “Numerical modeling of the causes of intra-oceanic subduction initiation”

Funding: ERC Starting Grant to DJJvH (Subduction Initiation reconstructed from Neotethyan Kinematics (SINK))

personal website

Publications

1. Bandopadhyay, P., van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., Bandyopadhyay, D., Licht, A., Advokaat, E.L., Plunder, A., Dasgupta, A., Ghosh, B., and Trabucho-Alexandre, J., 2022, Paleogeography of the West Burma Block and the eastern Neotethys Ocean: constraints from Cenozoic sediments shed onto the Andaman-Nicobar ophiolites, Gondwana Research 103, 335-361
2. van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., Steinberger, B., Guilmette, C., Maffione, M.*, Gürer, D.**, Peters, K.**, Plunder, A.V.*, McPhee, P.J.**, Gaina, C., Advokaat, E.L.*, Vissers, R.L.M., and Spakman, W., 2021, A record of plume-induced plate rotation triggering subduction initiation, Nature Geoscience 14, 626-630
3. Bandyopadhyay, D., Ghosh, B., Guilmette, C., Plunder, A.*, Corfu, F., Advokaat, E.L.*, Bandopadhyay, P.C., and van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., 2021, Geochemical and geochronological record of the Andaman Ophiolite, SE Asia: From back-arc to forearc during subduction polarity reversal?, Lithos 380-381, 105853
4. Bandyopadhyay, D., van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., Plunder, A.*, Bandopadhyay, P.C., Advokaat, E.L.*, Chattopadhaya, S., Morishita, T., and Ghosh, B., 2020, Andaman ophiolites; an overview, in The Andaman Islands and Adjoining Offshore: Geology, Tectonics and Palaeoclimate, edited by J. S. Ray and M. Radhakrishna, pp. 1-17, Springer International Publishing, Cham.
5. Plunder, A.*, Bandyopadhyay, D., Ganerød, M., Advokaat, E.L.*, Ghosh, B., Bandopadhyay, P.C., and van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., 2020, History of subduction polarity reversal during arc-continent collision: constraints from the Andaman Ophiolite and its metamorphic sole, Tectonics 39, e2019TC005762
6. Plunder, A.*, Thieulot, C., and van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., 2018, The effect of obliquity on temperature in subduction zones: insights from 3D numerical modelling, Solid Earth 9, p. 759-779
7. Gürer, D.**, Plunder, A.*, Kirst, F., Corfu, F., Schmid, S.M., and van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., 2018, A long-lived Late Cretaceous-Early Eocene extensional province in Anatolia? Structural evidence from the Ivriz Detachment, southern central Turkey, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 481, p. 111-124
8. van Hinsbergen, D.J.J., Maffione, M.*, Plunder, A.*, Kaykmakcı, N., Ganerød, M., Hendriks, B.W.H., Corfu, F., Gürer, D.**, de Gelder, G.I.N.O.***, Peters, K.**, McPhee, P.J.**, Brouwer, F.M., Advokaat, E.L.*, and Vissers, R.L.M., 2016, Tectonic evolution and paleogeography of the Kırşehir Block and the Central Anatolian Ophiolites, Turkey, Tectonics 35, p. 983-1014

Outreach

1. Traveling Geologist (USA) – Ophiolites, sediments, and drills on the Andaman Islands with Douwe van Hinsbergen
2. ML/Actu (France) – La fissuration de la croûte terrestre par un supervolcan a provoqué une rotation des plaques.
3. La Tribune (Canada) – Des supervolcans à l’origine des plaques tectoniques?
4. Le Nouvelliste (Canada) – Des supervolcans à l’origine des plaques tectoniques?
5. La Voix de l’Est (Canada) – Des supervolcans à l’origine des plaques tectoniques?
6. Le Soleil (Canada) – Des supervolcans à l’origine des plaques tectoniques?
7. Techno-Science.net (Canada) – Des supervolcans à l’origine des plaques tectoniques ?
8. ULaval nouvelles (Canada) – Des supervolcans à l’origine des plaques tectoniques?
9. Jura Forum (Germany) – Kontinental-Pirouetten
10. Scinexx (Germany) – Supervulkan ließ Erdplatte rotieren
11. Focus Online (Germany) – Supervulkan ließ Erdplatte rotieren – Folgen bis nach Europa
12. Geology Page (USA) – Supervolcano fed from Earth’s mantle caused crustal plates to rotate
13. ML Actu (France) – La fissuration de la croûte terrestre par un supervolcan a provoqué une rotation des plaques.
14. Iconic Verge (USA) – Supervolcano fed from Earth’s mantle caused crustal plates to rotate
15. Pro-Physik (Germany) – Wenn Kontinente Pirouetten drehen
16. Research in Germany (Germany) – Continental Pirouettes
17. News FR24 (France) – Un supervolcan alimenté par le manteau terrestre a provoqué la rotation des plaques crustales
18. Kompas (Indonesia) – Gunung Berapi Super di Mantel Bumi Membuat Lempeng Kerak Bumi Berotasi
19. News Beezer (Indonesia) – Super volcanoes in the earth’s mantle cause the earth’s crust to rotate
20. Samachar Central (India) – Supervolcano fed from Earth’s mantle caused crustal plates to rotate
21. The CEED blog (Norway) – How to split Earth’s crust in two – from India to Turkey
22. Science Daily (USA) – Supervolcano fed from Earth’s mantle caused crustal plates to rotate
23. Notizie Scientifiche (Italy) – Spaccatura della crosta terrestre provocata da supervulcano ha causato rotazione delle placche
24. DWeb News (South Africa) – Kontinentale pirouette: Supervulkaan wat uit die aarde se mantel gevoer is, het korsplate laat draai
25. Press-News.org (USA) – Continental pirouettes
26. My Droll (USA) – Supervolcano fed from Earth’s mantle caused crustal plates to rotate
27. Funtitech (USA) – A catastrophic eruption supplied by the Earth’s mantle caused the crustal plate to rotate
28. Phys.org (USA) – Continental pirouettes: Supervolcano fed from Earth’s mantle caused crustal plates to rotate

Fieldwork

1. Andaman Islands 2017
2. Turkey 2016