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Geomorphologic map of the 1st Mutnaya River, Southeastern Kamchatka, Russia

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The Kamchatka Peninsula–situated in the Pacific “Ring of Fire”–has 29 active and over 400 extinct volcanoes. Since it is situated in the northeastern extremity of Russia, in subarctic climate, the volcanic landforms are overprinted by the 446 glaciers. This research focuses on the 1stMutnaya catchment which drains the southern slopes of two active volcanoes: Avachinsky and Koryaksky. Those volcanoes are a permanent threat for the cities of Petropavlovsk and Elizovo, which are the 2 of 3 cities of the peninsula. Hence, most of the studies carried out in the area dealt with the natural hazards and only few focus on landscape evolution. Thus, the purpose of this study was to elaborate a cartographic approach which integrates classic geomorphology with state of the art GIS and remote sensing techniques. As result, different landforms and related processes have been analysed and included in the first general geomorphologic map of the 1stMutnaya catchment.

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This study was financially supported by a Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme Fellowship within the 7th European Community Framework Programme (FLUMEN, Project number 318969, FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IRSES). The Russian group was also co-funded by Russian Scientific Foundation project nr. 14-17-00155.

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  1. Faculty of Geography and Geology, Department of Geography, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Iaşi, 700505, Romania

    Gheorghe Romanescu & Cristian Constantin Stoleriu

  2. Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234, Russia

    Sergey Chalov & Yulia Kuznetsova

  3. Interdisciplinary Research Department - Field Science, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Iasi, 700505, Romania

    Alin Mihu-Pintilie

  4. Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, 90133, Italy

    Silvia Eleonora Angileri

  5. Department for Geography, Tübingen University, Tübingen, 72074, Germany

    Mariaelena Cama

  6. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, 90133, Italy

    Michael Maerker

  7. Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Heidelberg, 69117, Germany

    Michael Maerker

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Romanescu, G., Chalov, S., Stoleriu, C.C. et al. Geomorphologic map of the 1st Mutnaya River, Southeastern Kamchatka, Russia. J. Mt. Sci. 14, 2373–2390 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-017-4358-3

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