Temporal‐Geochemical Evolution of the Persani Volcanic Field, Eastern Transylvanian Basin (Romania): Implications for Slab Rollback Beneath the SE Carpathians
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Ducea, M. N., Barla, A., Stoica, A. M., Panaiotu, C., & Petrescu, L. (2020). Temporal‐geochemical evolution of the Persani volcanic field, eastern Transylvanian Basin (Romania): Implications for slab rollback beneath the SE Carpathians. Tectonics, 39(5), e2019TC005802.Journal
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The Quaternary Persani volcanic field (PVF) consists of alkali basalts formed in an extensional basin at the SE end of the Transylvanian basin, near an important anomaly in the European mantle, the Vrancea slab, a seismically active near-vertical lithospheric fragment of debated origin. The PVF is the only basaltic field regionally, has been studied geochemically in the past, and is also known for the presence of abundant mantle xenoliths. Here, we describe new geochemical data on rocks recently dated by Ar-Ar chronometry and show that while we can reproduce virtually all previous results, there is a clear temporal evolution of the magmatic system. There is an increase of over 80 degrees C in temperatures determined by the Si activity thermometer, from 1,300 degrees C to 1,380 degrees C during the similar to 0.5-Myr duration of volcanic activity, which is accompanied by several coherent trends in geochemistry, among which the decrease of Zn/Fe and Sr-87/Sr-86 ratios over time. Earlier, higher Zn/Fe ratios are indicative of a pyroxenite/eclogite-dominated source, which gradually changed to a peridotite-dominated source. These characteristics are typical of a dynamic mantle in which vertical mantle lithosphere tectonics, either due to slab rollback or mantle dripping plays a role and are not consistent with simple decompression melting of asthenosphere. Synchronous adakitic rocks found about 25-30 km east of PVF are presumed to be slab melts and are consistent with the Vrancea slab rollback as the trigger for mantle melting responsible for the PVF.Note
6 month embargo; first published online 16 April 2020ISSN
0278-7407EISSN
1944-9194Version
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Unitatea Executiva pentru Finantarea Invatamantului Superior, a Cercetarii, Dezvoltarii si Inovariiae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1029/2019tc005802