Sedimentary and volcanic-sedimentary rocks from natural exposures on the Phu-Qui and Katuik volcanic islands (Vietnam Shelf) have been analyzed for their elemental composition. Mineralogically and petrochemically, sandstone rocks of Phu-Qui Island are petrogenic compounds and refer to subarkose. Judging by the prevalence of quartz and feldspar, by the dominance of sialic association in the heavy mineral fraction as well as by the pattern of major, minor and rare-earth element distribution, the main sources of clasts were intrusive and metamorphic rocks of the mature continental crust, and sedimentation settings correspond to passive continental margins. The Middle Pleistocene volcanic-sedimentary rocks of the Phu-Qui – Katuik group of islands are composed of pyroclastic material of mafic composition close to the basalts from trachybasalt-trachytic and alkaline basaltic series of Vietnam, which possess intraplate characteristics and relate to the existing here extension settings. The sedimentation occurred in subaerial environment near the centers of volcanic eruptions.

A lineament analysis of the relief was made using a detailed bathymetry map of the region drawn according to the results of multi-beam echo-sounding. The authors separated linear objects of the relief, measured their course azimuths, plotted the rose diagram of the lineament directivities of the region, and built the models of the surface and subsurface deformation field of the region at separating the blocks of dominant stress and strain. The blocks travel along the lines of alternation of stress sign (block borders). The directivities
of the block borders were compared with the lineaments directivities resulting in conclusion that they both have spatial and generic relations. The systems of linear forms directivities of the relief and the borders of surface and subsurface blocks partially correspond to the four main systems of the global disjunctive network (planetary fracturing), which suggests a considerable influence of the latter on the structural plan of the region.Redistribution of stresses is associated with the modern geological processes leading to the formation of new
configurations of seabed relief and partial destruction of the old surfaces of guyots.

The 2020–2022 field works gave results that were used as a basis for describing the geological structure and whole-rock compositions for Kronotsky Volcano, one of the least known eruption centers in the East Volcanic Belt (EVB), Kamchatka. The stratovolcano edifice was estimated to be 350 km3 in volume, which is much above the respective figures for the other stratovolcanoes in the EVB frontal zone. The rocks are low-K and high-Fe tholeiitic basalts and basaltic andesites (SiO2 = 47.04‒53.15 wt %; K2O = 0.24‒0.65 wt %; FeO*/MgO = 1.2‒2.89). The basalts have extremely low concentrations of silica, potassium, titanium, and phosphorus compared with the rocks of the other frontal volcanoes in Kamchatka. The petrochemical differences thus identified were used to more accurately classify structures situated at the junction between the nearby Kronotsky and Krasheninnikov volcanoes. The acquired data will make the basis for further petrologic and geo-
chemical characterization of the volcano, as well as being possibly used for reconstructing the sequence of volcanic events in the area of study, including a more accurate history of the formation of Lake Kronotsky.