Abstract

Geochemical study of volcaniclastic material and radiocarbon dating of charred plant debris from Holcene deposits of the Guram site, which is located in vicinity of Vetrovoy Isthmus at Iturup Island, demonstrate that explosive eruption (VEI 4-5) occurred there by 2000 years ago. Geochemical and age similarity with the tephra of marker layer CKr that was distinguished at Iturup, Urup, Simushir, Rasshua, and Matua islands of the Kuril Island Arc led to the conclusion that this eruption is supposedly a source of this tephra. The data presented are proposed as a motivation for revision of volcanic hazard at Iturup Island.

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