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Created: 2010-02-19 09:54:00

Updated: 2010-09-07 17:39:00

Responsible Thematic Node: Interiors & Surfaces

Short Name: The Kamchatka Peninsula

Brief description: TNA1: Planetary Field Analogue for active volcanoes

URL: http://www.isa.au.dk/networks/euroPlanet/facilities/tna1/kamchatka.html

Type: CONTACT/Facility

English Language: YES

Start date: 2010-09-15

Restricted access: NO

Comment on the access:
Number of external participants per expedition: 2 persons
Expedition duration: approximately 2 weeks from August 15 to September 15
The duration of flights from Moscow to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is about 9 hours. Transportation from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to the Mutnovsky-Gorely site is organized by IKI by means of heavy cross-country track.

Longer description:
Mutnovsky volcano is located 75 km from the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and 20 km from the coast of Pacific Ocean: varied hydrothermal activity.
Gorely volcano 15 km distance to Mutnovsky. In contrast to the Mutnovsky volcano the Gorely volcan continues development of the more ancient volcanic centre. The latest eruptions occurred in the first half of 1980s

Associated bibliographic resource 1: Structure and development of Gorelovsky volcanic centre, Selyangin O.B., Ponomareva V.V. Volcanology and seismology (1999) N 2. Pp. 3-23.

EPN location (lab or institute): IKI-RAS

Contributor: Schmidt

Last updater: Tirsch

Other Responsible (name): Dr.Oleg Korablev

Other Responsible (email): korab@iki.rssi.ru

Other Contact (name): Ms Nadya Evdokimova

Other Contact (email): evdokimova@iki.rssi.ru

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