Volcano Name: Kurile Lake Smithsonian Inst ID (SI_VNUM): 300023
Alternate Name:
Chayachii
Heart of Alaid
Kuril Lake
Lake Kurilskoe
Serdtze Alaida
Tugumynk
Volcano Type: Caldera(s)
Latitude: 51.4500000000
Longitude: 157.1166667000
Region: Kamchatka and Mainland Asia Sub Region: Kamchatka Peninsula
Date Entered: 02/05/2012

Eruption Details

Eruption Start Date: 8387 BP Date Error: 23
Eruption End Date: Dating Technique: Radiocarbon (corrected)
Eruption Date Quality: High quality Preferred Date: Y
C14 Date: 7618 C14 Date Error: 14
Bulk DRE Volume (km3): 75.000 (Literature)
Bulk deposit volume (km3): 155.000 (Literature)
Ignimbrite DRE Volume (km3): 19.570 (Calculated)
Ignimbrite Deposit Volume : 45.000 (Literature)
Magnitude : 7.300 (Calculated)
Maximum VEI : 7.000 (Literature)
Primary Intracaldera Material DRE Volume (km3): 8.000 (Calculated)
Primary Intracaldera Material Deposit Volume (km3): 18.000 (Literature)
Tephra fall DRE Volume (km3): 33.000 (Calculated)
Tephra fall Deposit Volume (km3): 77.000 (Literature)
Magma: Rhyolite
Calculated Density:
Rock Classification:
Rhyolite
Magma: Andesite-Rhyolite
Calculated Density:
Rock Classification:
Rhyolite
Andesite
Eruption Start Date: 46039 BP Date Error: 808
Eruption End Date: Dating Technique: Radiocarbon (corrected)
Eruption Date Quality: Medium quality Preferred Date: Y
C14 Date: 41500 C14 Date Error: 900
Bulk DRE Volume (km3): >= 0.040 (Assumed)
Bulk deposit volume (km3): >= 0.100 (Assumed)
Magnitude : >= 4.000 (Calculated)
Maximum VEI : >= 4.000 (Assumed)
Magma: Not Available
Calculated Density:
Rock Classification:

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