Работа состоит из двух частей. В первой из них приводятся подробные данные о всех голоценовых вулканах и большинстве плейстоценовых вулканических массивов. Для каждого вулкана приведены данные о форме, строении, петрографии и истории развития. Отдельная глава посвящена петрографическим и петрохимическим особенностям курильских лав. Все вулканологические данные увязаны с особенностями строения земной коры и верхней мантии.
В монографии впервые в мировой вулканологической литературе приводятся такие подробные данные по большому кругу вопросов, на столь обширной территории.
Во второй части рассматриваются петрохимические особенности, а также имеющиеся сведения о строении земной коры и верхней мантии в островных и вулканических дугах, внутри океанических и внутриконтиненталъных вулканах Тихоокеанской области. На большом новом материале подтверждаются выводы о мантийном питании вулканов и о существовании двух главных классов пород — океанического и континентального. Дается схема эволюции вулканизма, как отображение эволюции верхней
мантии.
Книга рассчитана на геологов широкого профиля, а также геофизиков и геохимиков.

"Каталог действующих вулканов Курильских островов" является сводкой наших знаний на 1 января 1957 г. по действующим вулканам Курильских островов.

В работе показан характер мобилизации и концентрации рудных компонентов в условиях проявления современных вулканических процессов. Изложены результаты исследований, проведенных на действующих вулканах главным образом Курильских островов и Индонезии.

This report provides a brief description of the field work on the Kuril Islands. It was performed within the framework of the R&D theme, projects of the RSF and the RFFR, which are realized in the laboratory of postmagmatic processes of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology FEB RAS. Hydrological and hydrochemical works were performed on the rivers draining the slopes and thermal fields of the Sinarka, Kuntomintar volcanic massifs (Shiashkotan Island), and the Vernadsky and Karpinsky Ridges (Paramushir Island). The study of the chemical erosion of volcanic islands and the assessment of the hydrothermal export of magmatic volatiles are the goals of this work. Infrared photography was taken and the total flux of volcanic SO2 and diffusion flux of CO2 were measured on thermal fields in the caldera of Golovnin volcano. A detailed hydrogeochemical survey was made on the thermal fields of the Ebeko volcano to study the relationship of volcanic and hydrothermal activity of the volcano. For further analytical work, a large number of water and gas samples were taken and a representative collection of rocks and sediments was collected during the expedition.

This report gives a brief description of field work on the Kuril Islands in summer 2021 carried out by staff of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of  FEB RAS within the framework of the Institute research theme and projects of the Russian Science Foundation (RSF) and Russian Fund for Basic Research (RFBR). To study chemical erosion of volcanic islands and to estimate hydrothermal export of magmatic volatiles, hydrological and hydrochemical works were carried out on the rivers draining the slopes and thermal fields of the Baransky volcano and the Bogdan Khmelnitsky volcanic massif (Iturup Island). Detailed hydrochemical studies with water sampling at different depths and a bathymetric survey of Lake Kipyashchey located in the caldera of Golovnin volcano (Kunashir Island) were performed. We also proceeded with studying the CO2 diffusion flux through thermal fields and volcanic lakes. In the course of ongoing regime observations on Ebeko volcano (Paramushir Island), aerial and infrared imaging of its near-crater part was carried out. For the first time since the eruption began in 2016, a quadcopter survey of the lake located in the Srednii (middle) crater of the volcano was conducted. For further analytical studies a large number of water and gas samples were taken, and the collection of sediments was replenished.

Lake Kipyashchee (Boiling) with an area of ~4.6 ha and a maximum depth of 25 m fills the explosion funnel near one of the extrusive domes of the Golovnin volcano caldera. The water of the lake is ultra-acid (рН = 2.2–2.5) of the chloride-sulfate type with a mineralization of 2.0–2.2 g/l. The water temperature on the surface varies from 30 to 100°C, the average is 37°C. The flow of the lake is carried out through the Protoka in the lake Goryachee (Hot) is 120 l/s (August 2021). The hydrothermal output of magmatic Cl and S (as SO4) from Lake Kipyashchee is 10 t/day and 5.4 t/day, respectively. For the first time, the total diffusive removal of carbon dioxide from the surface of Lake Kipyashchee was estimated as 5.4 tons/day. Obtained from the results of field work in 2020–2021 geochemical data indicate an increase (compared to 2015) in hydrothermal activity in the Golovnin volcano caldera.