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Constraints on the thickness and seismic properties of the lithosphere in an extensional setting (Nógrád-Gömör Volcanic Field, Northern Pannonian Basin)

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The Nógrád-Gömör Volcanic Field (NGVF) is one of the five mantle xenolith bearing alkaline basalt locations in the Carpathian Pannonian Region. This allows us to constrain the structure and properties (e.g. composition, current deformation state, seismic anisotropy, electrical conductivity) of the upper mantle, including the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary (LAB) using not only geophysical, but also petrologic and geochemical methods. For this pilot study, eight upper mantle xenoliths have been chosen from Bárna-Nagykő, the southernmost location of the NGVF. The aim of this study is estimating the average seismic properties of the underlying mantle. Based on these estimations, the thickness of the anisotropic layer causing the observed average SKS delay time in the area was modelled considering five lineation and foliation end-member orientations. We conclude that a 142–333 km thick layer is required to explain the observed SKS anisotropy, assuming seismic properties calculated by averaging the properties of the eight xenoliths. It is larger than the thickness of the lithospheric mantle. Therefore, the majority of the delay time accumulates in the sublithospheric mantle. However, it is still in question whether a single anisotropic layer, represented by the studied xenoliths, is responsible for the observed SKS anisotropy, as it is assumed beneath the Bakony–Balaton Highland Volcanic Field (Kovács et al. 2012), or the sublithospheric mantle has different layers. In addition, the depths of the Moho and the LAB (\(25\,\pm \,5, 65\,\pm \,10\,\hbox {km}\), respectively) were estimated based on S receiver function analyses of data from three nearby permanent seismological stations.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank V. Baptiste for helpful discussion. We are grateful for the thorough review and constructive comments of K. Hidas and an anonymous reviewer. This research was carried out in the framework of the cooperation agreement (TTK/6109/1/2014 and Sz/156/2014) between the Lithosphere Fluid Research Lab at Department of Petrology and Geochemistry of Eötvös University and the Geodetic and Geophysical Institute of the MTA Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences. This study was partially supported by the TAMOP-4.2.2.C–11/1/KONV-2012-0015 (Earth-system) project sponsored by the EU and European Social Foundation. IK was supported by the Bolyai Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and a Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant (NAMS-230937).

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    R Klébesz, Z Gráczer, Gy Szanyi & V Wesztergom

  2. Lithosphere Fluid Research Lab, Department of Petrology and Geochemistry, Eötvös University, Budapest, 1117, Hungary

    N Liptai, L Patkó, Zs Pintér & Cs Szabó

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Klébesz, R., Gráczer, Z., Szanyi, G. et al. Constraints on the thickness and seismic properties of the lithosphere in an extensional setting (Nógrád-Gömör Volcanic Field, Northern Pannonian Basin). Acta Geod Geophys 50, 133–149 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40328-014-0094-0

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