W.-Ch.Dullo1, K. van den Bogaart1, B.V. Baranov2, N.I. Seliverstov3

1Leibnitz-Institute of Marine Sciences at the University Kiel,
2P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS,
3Institute of Volcanology and Seismology FEB RAS

The description of targets, tasks, structure and working schedule of Russian-German Project “KALMAR” (Kurile-Kamchatka and ALeutian system MARginal sea - island arc: interaction between geodynamics and climate in space and time) is presented in this information report. The Project aim is an interdisciplinary investigation of Kurile-Kamchatka and Aleutian subduction zones. These investigations will include the study of geodynamic and physical-oceanographic processes influence on matter distribution and circulation, formation and circulation of water masses and climate change, as well as on their connection with possible natural hazards. Project “KALMAR” consists of two main topics devoted to investigation of (1) geodynamic development of Kurile-Kamchatka-Aleutian active plate boundary and (2) study of North-Western Pacific climate history. These topics include five thematically closely connected subprojects. The Project is based on expedition works both on Kamchatka and in North-Western Pacific; its duration consists five years from 2006 to 2011. The first three expeditions were performed in August-September, 2007 in frames of structural, volcanological and paleoenvironmental subprojects. The working areas embraced volcanic edifices within Central Kamchatka Depression, Kamchatskiy Mys Peninsula, Kumroch Range and a number of lakes in the north and south of Kamchatka.