Subducting Plate Breakup by Plume-Lithosphere Interaction

Alexander Koptev, University Pierre and Marie Curie Paris VI, ISTEP, Paris, France, Taras Gerya, ETH Zurich, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland, Laurent Jolivet, University of Orleans, Orleans, France and Sylvie D Leroy, University Pierre and Marie Curie Paris VI, istep, Paris, France