Geomorphological processes in The Central Kamchatka Depression (The Kamchatka Peninsula, NE Pacific) during the last 30 Ka
https://doi.org/10.31857/10.31857/S2949178923040175
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Abstract
The paper presents a reconstruction of geomorphological processes in the Central Kamchatka Depression (CKD) since 30 ka, including the global LGM time. Major geomorphological processes of this period included the evolution of volcanic edifices accompanied by steady tectonic submergence. Glaciers that originatedfrom volcanic edifices were greatly affected by both climatic forcing and the eruptive history of their host volcanoes.
The most prominent geomorphological feature of the studied time was a giant paleolake filled the CKD. The reassessed extent and timing of glaciation and volcanism provided the possible lake fill and discharge model due to the evolution of a piedmont glacier originating from the Old Shiveluch Volcano edifice. The lake discharge likely was gradual and started some 19 ka during the cold settings of LGM, and therefore did not have a climatic origin. The most possible trigger of the discharge is the change in ice supply from the highly active Shiveluch Volcano due to large sector collapses. During the Holocene, the ongoing tectonic submergence of the CKD have been preventing the complete drainage of this paleolake. Even now, an enormously wide floodplain of the Kamchatka River hosts a lacustrine system with a total area of water surface comparable to the largest lakes of the peninsula
Supporting agencies: The study was funded by the Russian Science Foundation, grant No. 21-77-10102
About the Authors
E. A. Zelenin
http://neotec.ginras.ru/index/staff_Zelenin.html
Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Russian Federation
Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Russian Federation
A. L. Gurinov
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow; National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow; Рeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
A. L. Zakharov
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
V. V. Ponomareva
Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
S. T. Garipova
Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Zelenin E.A., Gurinov A.L., Zakharov A.L., Ponomareva V.V., Garipova S.T. Geomorphological processes in The Central Kamchatka Depression (The Kamchatka Peninsula, NE Pacific) during the last 30 Ka. Geomorfologiya i Paleogeografiya. 2023;54(4):226–237. https://doi.org/10.31857/10.31857/S2949178923040175. EDN: GLJFRD
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