Holocene Key-Marker Tephra Layers in Kamchatka, Russia

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Braitseva Olga A., Ponomareva Vera V., Sulerzhitsky Leopold D., Melekestsev Ivan V., Bailey John
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1997
• Subjects: 38.37.25 Вулканология; Авачинский; Ильинский; Карымский; Хангар; Ходутка; Кизимен; Ксудач; Курильское озеро; Безымянный; Мутновский; Опала; Шивелуч; Узон; Kamchatka Peninsula; Khodutka; Opala; Kamchatka
• Online Access: http://repo.kscnet.ru/1053/; http://repo.kscnet.ru/1053/1/Braitseva%201997.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1006/qres.1996.1876

Detailed tephrochronological studies in Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, permitted documentation of 24 Holocene key-marker tephra layers related to the largest explosive eruptions from 11 volcanic centers. Each layer was traced for tens to hundreds of kilometers away from the source volcano; its stratig...