******************************************************** From: Michael Ramsey <mramsey+@xxxxxxxx> ******************************************************** For those of you who have an interest in the Kamchatka region of Russia, we would like to draw your attention (and encourage your abstract submissions) to the following special session at this year's Fall AGU meeting. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- V30: Arc Dynamics of Kamchatka: Recent Volcanological, Geophysical, and Petrologic Results Michael Ramsey (University of Pittsburgh) Adam Simon (University of Nevada Las Vegas) Michael West (University of Alaska Fairbanks) Kamchatka, Russia is one of the most seismically and volcanically active regions on Earth, with one of the fastest subduction rates of any arc. The peninsula contains 29 active volcanoes, beginning in the north at the terminus of the Aleutian arc and ending in the south at the start of the Kurile Islands. Many of these volcanoes are in a near-constant state of eruption, threatening both the local populations as well as the numerous daily trans-Pacific flights of people and cargo. The Kamchatka volcanoes have a wide range of compositions, styles, and morphologies, which can range from hydrothermal systems, to fissure-fed basaltic flows, to composite volcanoes that produce lava domes, flows, and large ash columns. This diversity of volcanic activity and the openness of Russia in the past decade have made Kamchatka an attractive location for numerous scientific studies. Investigators have initiated collaborative research projects with Russian scientists ranging from NSF-sponsored programs focused on specific volcanic systems to NASA-sponsored programs such as the Asia-Pacific Natural Laboratory (APNL), which is focused on regional-scale scientific questions. We seek to bring together investigators who have worked on volcanic arc processes in Kamchatka recently using methods ranging from geophysics of the subsurface to remote sensing of ongoing eruptions. We would particularly like to highlight larger-scale, longer time-line collaborative studies that combine several fields of geoscience in order to better understand the dynamics and volcanology of the Kamchatka Arc, including comparison to other arcs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================== To unsubscribe from the volcano list, send the message: signoff volcano to: listserv@xxxxxxx, or write to: volcano-request@xxxxxxxx To contribute to the volcano list, send your message to: volcano@xxxxxxxx Please do not send attachments. ==============================================================
