Geodynamics

Eline Le Breton

Eline Le Breton is a junior professor at the Freie Universität Berlin. Her research involves quantifying and modelling past plate motion, crustal deformation and basin evolution, to better understand the coupling between (sub)surface and deep-seated processes (especially subduction dynamics and mantle upwelling).

The enigmatic tectonics of the Caribbean Large Igneous Plateau

Ángela María Gómez-García, Eline Le Breton and edited by Constanza Rodriguez Piceda December 20, 2023

Illustration by Emily Hinshaw and Constanza Rodriguez Piceda (based on Gómez García et al., 2021)

As we approach the Christmas break and the end of the year, what resonates with the concept of ‘holidays’ more than the Caribbean? In this week post, Angela Gomez-Garcia, postdoc at the Geoscience Institute of Barcelona, and Eline Le Breton, professor at Freie Universität Berlin, take us on a geodynamic journey through the Caribbean Large Igneous Plateau and its enigmatic connection with the Galáp ...[Read More]