Upper mantle xenoliths as sources of geophysical information: the Perşani Mts. area as a case study

Subduction-related melt refertilisation and alkaline metasomatism in the Eastern Transylvanian Basin lithospheric mantle: Evidence from mineral chemistry and noble gases in fluid inclusions

“…Journal Pre-proof the frame of a highly arcuate subduction zone, where rapid tectonic changes were strictly correlated with accelerated slab steepening (Edward and Grasemann, 2009), asthenosphere uprise (Kovács et al, 2018) in a post-collisional stage and regional stress redistribution .…”

Topo-Transylvania: a multidisciplinary Earth science initiative in Central Europe to tackle local and global challenges

“…The results implied the role of broader tectonic trigger mechanism for these regional earthquakes which challenges previous models and may contribute to the development of refined models for Vrancea earthquakes. Kovács et al (2018) (in this issue) demonstrated how petrologic and geochemical information from upper-mantle xenoliths could be used to obtain geophysical information (e.g. seismic velocity and anisotropy, viscosity, electromagnetic properties).…”

Lateral and Vertical Heterogeneity in the Lithospheric Mantle at the Northern Margin of the Pannonian Basin Reconstructed From Peridotite Xenolith Microstructures

“…Neogene alkali basalts transported large amounts of mantle xenoliths to the surface throughout the basin system (see Szabó et al, , for a review). Deformation studies of mantle xenoliths from both the marginal areas and the central part of the Pannonian Basin have revealed a dependence of microstructures and crystal preferred orientation (CPO) types on equilibration temperatures, which probably record different depths of origin (e.g., Aradi et al, ; Falus et al, , ; Hidas et al, ; Kovács et al, ; Kovács, Patkó, et al, ). The Nógrád‐Gömör Volcanic Field (NGVF) is situated at the transition between the marginal and central regions of the thinned CPR lithosphere.…”