Table of Contents

Preface
John Eichelberger, Evgenii Gordeev, Pavel Izbekov, Minoru Kasahara, and Jonathan Lees vii

Introduction: Subduction’s Sharpest Arrow
John C. Eichelberger 1

Section I: Tectonics and Subduction Zone Structure

A. Overview

Viewing the Tectonic Evolution of the Kamchatka-Aleutian (KAT) Connection With an Alaska Crustal Extrusion Perspective
David W. Scholl 3

Evolution of the Kurile-Kamchatkan Volcanic Arcs and Dynamics of the Kamchatka-Aleutian Junction
G.P. Avdeiko, D.P. Savelyev, A.A. Palueva, and S.V. Popruzhenko 37

The Origin of the Modern Kamchatka Subduction Zone
Alexander V. Lander and Mikhail N. Shapiro 57

B. Topical Studies

Three Dimensional Images of the Kamchatka-Pacific Plate Cusp
Jonathan M. Lees, John VanDecar, Evgenii Gordeev, Alexei Ozerov, Mark Brandon, Jeff Park, and Vadim Levin 65

Thermal Models Beneath Kamchatka and the Pacific Plate Rejuvenation From a Mantle Plume Impact
V. C. Manea and M. Manea 77

Magnetic and Seismic Constraints on the Crustal Thermal Structure Beneath the Kamchatka Peninsula
Akiko Tanaka 91

Correlation of Kamchatka Lithosphere Velocity Anomalies With Subduction Processes
Irina Nizkous, Edi Kissling, Irina Sanina, Larissa Gontovaya, and Valeria Levina 97

Active Faulting in the Kamchatsky Peninsula, Kamchatka-Aleutian Junction
Andrey Kozhurin 107

High Seismic Attenuation in the Reflective Layers of the Philippine Sea Subduction Zone, Japan
Anatoly Petukhin and Takao Kagawa 117

Section II: Earthquakes

A. Overview

Seismicity, Earthquakes and Structure Along the Alaska-Aleutian and Kamchatka-Kurile Subduction Zones: A Review
Natalia A. Ruppert, Jonathan M. Lees, and Natalia P. Kozyreva 129

B. Topical Studies

Recurrence of Recent Large Earthquakes Along the Southernmost Kurile-Kamchatka Subduction Zone
Yuichiro Tanioka, Kenji Satake, and Kenji Hirata 145

Spatial Relationship Between Interseismic Seismicity, Coseismic Asperities and Aftershock Activity in the Southwestern Kuril Islands
Hiroaki Takahashi and Minoru Kasahara 153

Section III: Volcanism

A. Overview

Late Pleistocene-Holocene Volcanism on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Northwest Pacific Region
Vera Ponomareva, Tatiana Churikova, Ivan Melekestsev, Olga Braitseva, Maria Pevzner and Leopold Sulerzhitsky 165

B. Topical Studies

Geochemistry of Primitive Lavas of the Central Kamchatka Depression: Magma Generation at the Edge of the Pacific Plate
Maxim Portnyagin, Ilya Bindeman, Kaj Hoernle, and Folkmar Hauff 199

An Estimation of Magmatic System Parameters From Eruptive Activity Dynamics
Yurii Slezin 241

Diverse Deformation Patterns of Aleutian Volcanoes From Satellite Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR)
Zhong Lu, Daniel Dzurisin, Charles Wicks, Jr., John Power, Ohig Kwoun, and Russell Rykhus 249

Holocene Eruptive History of Shiveluch Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
Vera Ponomareva, Philip Kyle, Maria Pevzner, Leopold Sulerzhitsky, and Melanie Hartman 263

Periodicities in the Dynamics of Eruptions of Klyuchevskoi Volcano, Kamchatka
A. Yu. Ozerov, P. P. Firstov, and V. A. Gavrilov 283

Tomographic Images of Klyuchevskoy Volcano P-Wave Velocity
Jonathan M. Lees, Neill Symons, Olga Chubarova,Valentina Gorelchik, and Alexei Ozerov 293

Minor- and Trace Element Zoning in Plagioclase From Kizimen Volcano, Kamchatka: Insights on the Magma Chamber Processes
Tatiana Churikova, Gerhard Wörner, John Eichelberger, and Boris Ivanov 303

Dynamics of the 1800 14C yr BP Caldera-Forming Eruption of Ksudach Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia
Benjamin J. Andrews, James E. Gardner, Steve Tait, Vera Ponomareva, and Ivan V. Melekestsev 325

Late Pleistocene and Holocene Caldera-Forming Eruptions of Okmok Caldera, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Jessica F. Larsen, Christina Neal, Janet Schaefer, Jim Beget, and Chris Nye 343

Preliminary Study on Magnetic Structure and Geothermal Activity of Tyatya Volcano, Southwestern Kuril Islands
Noritoshi Okazaki, Hiroaki Takahashi, Kenji Nogami, Hiromitsu Oshima, Hiromu Okada, and Minoru Kasahara 365

About the Author

John Eichelberger and Evgenii Gordeev are the authors of Volcanism and Subduction: The Kamchatka Region, published by Wiley.