Hi Golonka, please have a look at the following reference: Seghedi et al. (2004) Neogene–Quaternary magmatism and geodynamics in the Carpathian–Pannonian region: a synthesis. Lithos 72: 117-146. Kind regards Daniel

Dear Sir

I think the following paper will benefit you in your search

http://www.mantleplumes.org/WebDocuments/Harangi_etal_IJES_2014.pdf

Best Regards

Hi Golonka ,

I am very interested in the issue of mantle plumes. Is there a large igneous province in the area you mentioned?

Dear Jan,

there is no need (in terms of geology, geophysics, geochemistry, petrology, sedimentology and so on) to infer the existence of a mantle plume in the Pannonian Basin nor in any other sector of the world.

Mantle plumes are concepts invented 47 years ago (Morgan, 1971). Tuzo Wilson in 1966 was the first who proposed the existence of a hot spot, but he proposed a source for the Hawaiian magmas as shallow as 200 km. It was Morgan who proposed a D" (core-mantle boundary) source for "plume" magma.

After million of US dollars spent trying to find the existence of mantle plumes, thousands of pages written in scientific magazines there is no definitive proof for the existence of mantle plumes even in the classical localities (e.g., Hawaii, Iceland or E Africa).

This means that geophysics has no power to identify mantle plumes and the same can be told as concerns geochemistry. Why to believe to the existence of deep upwelling to explain phenomena that can be explained with shallow tectonics?

Cheers,

michele