@article{PAR00013851, title = {{S}ubcontinental lithospheric mantle beneath {C}entral {E}urope}, author = {{P}uziewicz, {J}. and {M}atusiak-{M}aek, {M}. and {N}taflos, {T}. and {G}r{\'e}goire, {M}ichel and {K}ukua, {A}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{M}antle xenoliths in {O}ligocene-{M}iocene alkaline lavas in {L}ower {S}ilesia ({SW} {P}oland) and adjacent part of {U}pper {L}usatia ({SE} {G}ermany) are samples of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle at the time of culmination of rifting in the {E}ger {R}ift ({B}ohemian {M}assif, {C}entral {E}urope). {T}he xenoliths come from the spinel mantle facies and show that two major lithologies occur in the area: {A}-highly magnesian (olivine {F}o 90.5-92.0) harzburgites, and {B}-less magnesian (olivine {F}o 84.0-90.0) harzburgites. {T}he protolith of group {A} was clinopyroxene-free harzburgite being the residue after extensive melting. {I}t was affected by chromatographic carbonatite/silicate melt metasomatism, with the carbonatite metasomatism only recorded in distal parts of the chromatographic systems. {T}he {B} harzburgites were penetratively metasomatised by percolating alkaline silicate melts at the time of volcanism. {T}hat metasomatism was mostly anhydrous and typically cryptic; it lowered the {M}g/({M}g + {F}e) ratio of olivine and orthopyroxene in the peridotites subjected to melt percolation and led in places to dissolution of clinopyroxene. {T}he mostly harzburgitic subcontinental mantle lithospheric domain beneath {L}ower {S}ilesia and {U}pper {L}usatia differs from the lherzolitic/harzburgitic ones located to {W} and {SW} beneath other parts of {E}uropean {V}ariscan orogen.}, keywords = {{L}ithospheric mantle ; {L}ithology ; {M}etasomatism ; {C}entral {E}urope ; {EUROPE} {CENTRE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{I}nternational {J}ournal of {E}arth {S}ciences}, volume = {104}, numero = {8}, pages = {1913--1924}, ISSN = {1437-3254}, year = {2015}, DOI = {10.1007/s00531-014-1134-2}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00013851}, }