VOLCANOES
OF CENTER KAMCHATKA
| Kizimen volcano | |
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| Hazard synopsis | ||||||||
There
is possibly a catastrophic eruption with volcano edifice destruction,
formation of debris avalanche, pyroclastic flows, large ash falls.
Possible estimate of this event is VEI is 4-5. |
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| Monitoring status | ||||||||
| Seismic, satellite monitoring | ||||||||
| Form and structure | ||||||||
It
is a conical stratovolcano with a small lava dome at the summit. |
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| Location | ||||||||
Volcano
is situated on the western slope of the southern part of Tumrok ridge
in 115 km from Milkovo and in 265 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. |
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| Composition | ||||||||
| Andesites, andesite-basalts. | ||||||||
| Age | ||||||||
| Holocene. | ||||||||
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 Holocene Volcanoes in Kamchatka. Kizimen volcano. |
