Genesis of the neogene to quaternary volcanism in the Carpathian-Pannonian region: Role of subduction, extension, and mantle plume

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 418, Issue , 2007, Pages 67-92

  Harangi, Szabolcs ^a   Lenkey, László ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Carpathian Pannonian region; Extension; Mantle plume; Petrogenesis; Subduction

Indexed keywords

LEAD ALLOYS; MELTING; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; TERNARY ALLOYS; THERMAL PLUMES; VOLCANOES;

CARPATHIAN-PANNONIAN REGION; EXTENSION; MANTLE PLUME; PETROGENESIS; SUBDUCTION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRETACEOUS; DEHYDRATION; DELAMINATION; EXTENSION; ISLAND ARC; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; MELTING; METASOMATISM; MIOCENE; NEOGENE; QUATERNARY; RIFTING; SUBDUCTION; VOLCANISM;

CARPATHIANS; EASTERN CARPATHIANS; PANNONIAN BASIN;

EID: 75749088055     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2418(04)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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