JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY VOLUME 48 NUMBER12 PAGES 2261^2287 2007 doi:10.1093/petrology/egm059
Geochemistry, Petrogenesis and Geodynamic Relationships of Miocene Calc-alkaline Volcanic Rocks in the Western Carpathian Arc, Eastern Central Europe
SZABOLCS HARANGI1*,HILARYDOWNES2, MATTHEW THIRLWALL3 AND KATALIN GME¤LING4
1DEPARTMENT OF PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY, EO« TVO« S UNIVERSITY, BUDAPEST, H-1117, PA¤ ZMA¤ NY PE¤ TER SE¤ TA¤ NY 1/C, HUNGARY 2SCHOOL OF EARTH SCIENCES, BIRKBECK COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, MALET STREET, LONDON WC1E 7HX, UK 3DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, ROYAL HOLLOWAY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, EGHAM TW20 0EX, UK 4DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR RESEARCH, INSTITUTE OF ISOTOPES, HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
RECEIVED APRIL 14, 2004; ACCEPTED SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 ADVANCE ACCESS PUBLICATION OCTOBER 18, 2007
We report major and trace element abundances and Sr, Nd and Pb magmatism were derived from a more enriched mantle source, akin isotopic data for Miocene (16 5^11Ma) calc-alkaline volcanic rocks to FOZO. An upwelling mantle plume is unlikely to be present in from the western segment of the Carpathian arc.This volcanic suite this area; therefore this mantle component probably resides in the consists mostly of andesites and dacites; basalts and basaltic andes- heterogeneous upper mantle. Following the calc-alkaline magma- ites as well as rhyolites are rare and occur only at a late stage. tism, alkaline mafic magmas erupted that were also generated from Amphibolefractionation both at high and low pressure played a signif- an enriched asthenospheric source. We propose that both types of icant role in magmatic differentiation, accompanied by high- magmatism were related in some way to lithospheric extension of pressure garnet fractionation during the early stages. Sr^Nd^Pb the Pannonian Basin and that subduction played only an indirect isotopic data indicate a major role for crustal materials in the petro- role in generation of the calc-alkaline magmatism.The calc-alkaline genesis of the magmas.The parental mafic magmas could have been magmas were formed during the peak phase of extension by melting generated from an enriched mid-ocean ridge basalt (E-MORB)- of metasomatized, enriched lithospheric mantle and were contami- type mantle source, previously metasomatized by fluids derived from nated by various crustal materials, whereas the alkaline mafic subducted sediment. Initially, the mafic magmas ponded beneath the magmas were generated during the post-extensional stage by thick continental crust and initiated melting in the lower crust. low-degree melting of the shallow asthenosphere. The western Mixing of mafic magmas with silicic melts from metasedimentary Carpathian volcanic areas provide an example of long-lasting lower crust resulted in relatively Al-rich hybrid dacitic magmas, magmatism in which magma compositions changed continuously in from which almandine could crystallize at high pressure. The response to changing geodynamic setting. amount of crustal involvement in the petrogenesis of the magmas decreased with time as the continental crust thinned. A striking change of mantle source occurred at about 13 Ma. The basaltic KEY WORDS: Carpathian^Pannonian region; calc-alkaline magma- magmas generated during the later stages of the calc-alkaline tism; Sr, Nd and Pb isotopes; subduction; lithospheric extension