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Pleistocene basaltic volcanism of Kunashir Island (Kuril island arc): Mineralogy, geochemistry, and results of computer simulation

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New mineralogical, geochemical, and isotope data in combination with numerical modeling were used to reconstruct the physicochemical and geodynamic conditions of the formation of Pleistocene basalts of Kunashir Island. Although they are petrologically close to the Holocene basalts of Tyatya Volcano, their eruption occurred during a brief period of island arc extension, which was accompanied by the high degree melting of mantle wedge asthenosphere. Numerous geological, petrological, and paleogeographical data testify that Pleistocene is an important stage in the geodynamic reorganization of the Kuril island arc. This stage was responsible for uplifting of the southern islands above sea level accompanied by catastrophic endogenous events, deformation, topographic reorganization of the large area of the Sea of Japan and adjacent land, and final folding stage in the West Sakhalin Mountains.

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Martynov, A.Y., Martynov, Y.A. Pleistocene basaltic volcanism of Kunashir Island (Kuril island arc): Mineralogy, geochemistry, and results of computer simulation. Petrology 25, 206–225 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0869591117020035

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