The article presents new data on isotopic-geochemical composition of igneous rocks from Kumroch segment of Achayvayam-Valagin Late Mezosoic ― Early aleozoic volcanic arc. It is shown that three series of rocks may be distinguished in composition of island-arc basalt-andesite lava of volcanogenic-tuffaceous unit of Khapitskaya suite: low-potassium (tholeiitic), medium-potassium (calc-alkalic) and high-potassium (alkalic). These rock series differ in K2O content and proportion of femic components and SiO2. Compositions of the studied rocks were compared with composition of basalts from the Idzu-Bonin Island Arc. The obtained results suggest that the samples of medium-potassium and high-potassium groups were formed in back arc zone of the volcanic arc and low-potassium tholeiites were possibly formed in the inter-arc rift.

О короткой экспедиции по центральным Курильским островам, проведенной в рамках проекта Российского Научного Фонда (РНФ) «Геохимия и баланс летучих в зонах субдукции на примере Курильских островов».

Изложены данные по вулканическим сериям пород Белоголовского массива в Срединном хребте Камчатки. Рассмотрены новые геохронологические данные, особенности распределения в породах массива редких элементов, элементов платиновой группы и приведены изотопные характеристики вулканических серий нормальной и умеренной щелочности. Показано, что позднеплиоцен-раннеплейстоценовые породы умеренно-щелочной серии вулканического массива Белоголовский отличаются от пород нормально-щелочной серии позднемиоцен-среднеплиоценового вулканогенного фундамента повышенными концентрациями HFSE и LILE компонентов. Предложена модель образования умеренно-щелочных магм с участием гетерогенных деплетированного и обогащенного источников вещества. По изотопным данным одним из источников могла быть субдуцируемая океаническая литосфера Тихоокеанского или Командорского типа, тогда как другим источником был рециклированный материал Индийского MORB типа.

Abstract—This study is concerned with the petrographic, mineralogic, and geochemical features in the K-high basaltic trachyandesites that were discharged by the 2012–2013 parasitic eruption on Ploskii Tolbachik Volcano. These K-high basaltic trachyandesites exhibit some obvious characteristics that testify to their suprasubduction origin. They are deeply differentiated rocks with strongly fractionated plagioclase.A study of the Sr, Nd, and Pb radiogenic isotope ratios in the K-high basaltic trachyandesites provided evidence of their mantle origin and of the fact that the crust has exerted no influence on their compositions. We performed a comparative analysis of the ratios of the concentrations for some incoherent elements in the K-high basaltic trachyandesites, as well as in intraplate, riftogenic, and island-arc moderate potassium basalts and basaltic andesites in relation to the concentrations of these elements in the primitive mantle. The geochemical features of these K-high basaltic trachyandesites classify them as belonging to the suprasubduction subalkaline formation of the potassium series.

Abstract We use both regional and local infrasound data to investigate the dynamics of the 2012–2013 eruption of Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia during select periods of time. Analysis of regional data recorded at the {IMS} array {IS44} in southern Kamchatka, ~ 384 km from the vent focuses on the eruption onset in November 2012, while analysis of local data focuses on activity in February and August 2013. Signals recorded from Tolbachik suggest a change in eruptive intensity possibly occurred from November 27–30, 2012. Local infrasound data recorded at distances of 100–950 m from the vent are characterized primarily by repeated, transient explosion signals indicative of gas slug bursts. Three methods are employed to pick slug burst events in February and August. The nature of slug bursts makes a monopole acoustic source model particularly fitting, permitting volume outflux and slug radius calculations for individual events. Volume outfluxes and slug radii distributions provide three possible explanations for the eruption style of Tolbachik Volcano from mid-February to late August. Cumulative outflux for slug bursts (i.e. mass of emissions from individual bursts) derived by infrasound for both February and August range from < 100 to ~ 3000 kg. These values are greater than infrasound-derived emissions calculated at Pacaya Volcano, but less than those calculated at Mt. Erebus Volcano. From this, we determine slug bursts at Tolbachik Volcano in February and August were larger on average than those at Pacaya Volcano in 2010, but smaller on average than those at Mt. Erebus in 2008. Our overall emissions estimates are in general agreement with estimates from satellite observations. This agreement supports the monopole source inversion as a potential method for estimating mass of emissions from slug burst events.