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=Welcome Everyone! =

This page tells you **about Kizimen, a volcano that is located in Eastern Kamchatka, Russia.**
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 Before you start reading **anything after this **, make sure you know the definitions of the following key terms, otherwise you'll be confused:

1) Viscosity - //the ability of a fluid to resist flow//  2) Seismic Activity - //rumbling, shaking// 3) Thermal Anomaly - //a unusual event or thing related to temperature// 4) Fumarole / Fumarolic Activity - //an opening in or near a volcano, through which hot sulfurous gases emerge//

__**Overview --** __

Kizimen is a stratovolcano that is similar to Mount St. Helens leading up to its 1980 eruption. The summit of Kizimen is made up of overlapping lava domes, and lava flows from the flanks of the volcano. The northwest side of Kizimen is cut by NE-SW normal faults, which could be the site of a future flank collapse. The 2376-m-high Kizimen was formed during four eruptive cycles beginning about 12,000 years ago and lasting 2000-3500 years. The largest eruptions took place about 10,000 and 8300-8400 years ago. An explosive eruption about 1100 years ago produced a swideways blast and created a 1.0 x 0.7 km wide crater in the NE sid s almost solid. As the flow slowly advances down the east side of the volcano, the surface crumbles, sending boulders, rocks, pebbles, and other material tumbling into the valley below. In less than a year, this debris piled high enough to block several drainages, and a new lake was formed. Ash and sediment gave the lake a color of brilliant blue, in contrast to the nearly black shade of the lake in 2009.

The volcano spits out clouds of ash and steam. This volcanic ash is a threat to planes flying overhead. It clogs jet engines and can make them stall. Kizimen's eruptions are a threat to all the endangered wild reindeer in that region. Ash from the volcanoes covers reindeer moss, which is a major food source for the animals. Wildlife experts say fewer than 1,000 reindeer remain on the Kamchatkan Peninsula. The peninsula sits along a tectonic plate boundary where the denser Pacific plate goes below the lighter North American plate. Crust from the subducting plate melts in the hot upper mantle to form magma. Some of the magma rises to the surface through the peninsula's many volcanoes. Kamchatka's volcanoes form part of the Ring of Fire, the arc of volcanoes along plate boundaries around the Pacific Ocean.

__**FAQ: **__


 * 1) What kind of lava is in a stratovolcano? **

The type of lava in a stratovolcano is very sticky and explosive.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**2) What kind of lava does Kizimen have?**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kizimen has a block-lava flow, so it's viscosity is high and the lava is almost solid. So, basically, the lava of this stratovolcano is like honey, except it's not sweet, and has a different color.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3) What kinds of rocks does Kizimen produce? **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kizimen produces granite, since it's lava has a high viscosity.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4) What type of eruption does Kizimen produce? **

//<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">To be answered //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5) What formed Kizimen? **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kizimen was formed at a subduction plate boundary. It was built during four eruptive cycles beginning about 12,000 years ago and lasted 2000-3500.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">6) Is Kizimen as shield volcano, a cinder cone, or a composite? **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kizimen is a cinder cone volcano, as it has the shape of one, it's lava is thick, and it's eruptions are explosive.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">7) Is Kizimen isolated to surrounded by other volcanoes? **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Even though it is part of a chain of the Kamchatkan volcanos, Kizimen is an isolated volcano.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">8) Does it have any landforms near it? **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kizimen and the Kamchatkan Peninsula are famous for their landforms such as geysers and hot springs. The volcano is also surrounded by vegetation, mostly reindeer moss, and a large lake. It also consists of overlapping lava domes.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">9) Does Kizimen have any significant geothermal activity near it? **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kizimen and the Kamchatkan Peninsula have a lot of geothermal activity near it.

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Here are some satellite images of Kizimen and the area around it --** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** [|Click this link to know what the colors mean] **

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Here is a map of the area that Kizimen is located in --

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__**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Recent News -- **__

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__Thursday, April 26, 2012__**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//Again, nothing.//

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__Monday, April 16, 2012__**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//For the first time this year, I haven't seen it on the list of active volcanoes! Less work for me to do :)//

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__Monday, March 12, 2012__**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">KVERT reported normal seismic activity at Kizimen during 24 Feb ~ 2 March and a large thermal anomaly was detected in satellite images on most days Video and satellite observations indicated continued discharge of a large lava flow on the E flank and hot avalanches. Video data also showed strong gas-and-steam activity. The Aviation Color Code remained at Orange.

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//**(The following paragraph is copied and pasted from the GVP website)**// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//KVERT reported moderate seismic activity at Kizimen during 24 February-2 March and a large thermal anomaly that was detected in satellite images on most days. Video and satellite observations indicated both continued effusion of a large lava flow on the E flank and hot avalanches. Video data also showed strong gas-and-steam activity. The Aviation Color Code remained at Orange .//

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__Monday, January 30, 2012__**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">KVERT reported moderate seismic activity at Kizimen during 13-20 January. A huge thermal anomaly was seen everyday in satellite images. Video and satellite observations reported lava flows on the E flanks and hot avalanches. Video data showed strong gas-and-steam activity all week. The Aviation Color Code remained at Orange.

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//**(The following paragraph is copied and pasted from the GVP website)**// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//KVERT reported moderate seismic activity at Kizimen during 13-20 January and a large thermal anomaly that was detected daily in satellite images. Video and satellite observations indicated both continued effusion of a large lava flow on the E flank and accompanying hot avalanches. Video data showed strong gas-and-steam activity all week. The Aviation Color Code remained at Orange .//

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__Tuesday, 6 December, 2011__** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">KVERT reported moderate seismic activity at Kizimen from 18-25 November. A thermal anomaly was seen everyday in satellite images. A humongous lava flow on the NE and E flanks continued to come out, and the crater was radiant at night. Videos observations showed gas and steam activity from 20 and 22-14 November. The ACC remained Orange.

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//**(The following paragraph is copied and pasted from the GVP website)**// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//KVERT reported moderate seismic activity at Kizimen during 18-25 November and a thermal anomaly that was detected daily in satellite images. A large lava flow on the NE and E flanks continued to effuse, and the crater was occasionally incandescent at night. Video observations showed gas-and-steam activity during 20 and 22-24 November. The Aviation Color Code remained at Orange. //

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__Monday, 28 November, 2011__** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">KVERT reported normal seismic activity at Kizimen during 10-18 November. A thermal anomaly was detected on 11-14 and 17 November in satellite images. Video observations showed gas and steam activity during 10 and 13-14 November. A large lava flow on the north-east and east flanks continued to release gas. The Aviation Color Code remained Orange.

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//**(The following paragraph is copied and pasted from the GVP website)**// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//KVERT reported moderate seismic activity at Kizimen during 10-18 November and a thermal anomaly that was detected on 11-14 and 17 November in satellite images. Video observations showed gas-and-steam activity during 10 and 13-14 November. A large lava flow on the NE and E flanks continued to effuse, and the crater was incandescent at night during 13-14 November. The Aviations Color Code remained at Orange .//

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__Monday, 31 October, 2011__** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">KVERT reported that during 14-21 October, the immensity of the volcanic earthquakes decreased even more, to about 22-60 earthquakes/day. Videos showed a lot of ash falling on the flanks during 14-15 October. There was also a large lava flow on the north-east flank. An unusual change of temperature was detected on the volcano everyday in satellite images. The Aviation Color Code stayed at Orange.

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//**(The following paragraph was copied and pasted from the GVP website)**// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//KVERT reported that during 14-21 October the magnitudes of the volcanic earthquakes at Kizimen decreased, as well as the numbers, down to 22-60. Video data showed ashfall on the flanks during 14-15 October, and that a large lava flow on the NE flank continued to effuse. A thermal anomaly on the volcano was detected daily in satellite images. The Aviation Color Code remained at Orange .//

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Wednesday, October 5, 2012**__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">KVERT reported that during the time period of 30 September - 7 October videos showed that a large lava flow in Kizimen's North-East flank continued. A whole lot of emerging ashes were spotted during 29-30 September and 3-6 October. At least one thermal anomaly on the volcano was found daily in their satellite images but the temperature of the anomaly went down during the end of last week. During 5-6 October the number of earthquakes finally decreased, from 1,300 to 500-700. The Aviation Color Code remained Orange.

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//**(The following paragraph is copied and pasted from the GVP website)**// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//KVERT reported that during 30 September-7 October video data showed that a large lava flow on Kizimen's NE flank continued to effuse. Strong fumarolic activity was observed during 29-30 September and 3-6 October. A thermal anomaly on the volcano was detected daily in satellite images but the temperature of the anomaly decreased during the end of the week. During 5-6 October the number of volcanic earthquakes decreased, from 1,300 to 500-700, as well as the magnitudes. The Aviation Color Code remained at Orange .//

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__Thursday, 15 September, 2012__** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">KVERT reported that during the period of 9-15th September, the number of earthquakes taking place in Eastern Kamchatka increased by about 20 - 30% to 1,200 - 1,500 earthquakes a day. An unusual thing on this volcano was detected by satellite images. Lava on the East side continues to flow and recent images of this volcano show strong activity of escaping gas. The Aviation Color Code is still Orange.

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//(**The following paragraph is copied and pasted from the GVP website)**// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//KVERT reported that during 9-15 September volcanic tremor magnitude at Kizimen continued to increase; 1,200-1,500 earthquakes were recorded daily. A thermal anomaly on the volcano was detected in satellite images. Lava o////n the E flank continued to flow and video images showed strong fumarolic a////ctivity. The Aviation Color Code// //remained at Orange .//

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Wednesday, 7 September, 2011**__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">KVERT (The Kamchatkan Volcanic Eruption Response Team) reported that during the period of 2-9th September, the immensity of the volcanic earthquakes at Kizimen stayed high. Eastern Kamchatka had about 1000 earthquakes a day! WOW! Satellite pictures showed a large unusual event or thing related to temperature on the volcano. Lava on the East Flank, or the East Side of the volcano continues to flow, and video images showed powerful activity in an opening near a volcano, through which hot gasses are coming out. The ACC (Aviation Color Code; created in the Alaska Volcano Observatory) remained Orange, which means that the volcano was active, and with increased chances of eruption, but the time and exact date is uncertain.

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**//(The following paragraph is copied and pasted from the GVP website)//** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//KVERT reported that during 2-9 September the magnitude of volcanic earthquakes at Kizimen remained high; about 1,000 earthquakes were detected daily. Satellite images showed a large thermal anomaly on the volcano. Lava on the E flank continued to flow and video images showed strong fumarolic activity. The Aviation Color Code remained at Orange .//

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