Doctor of Sciences, Geology-Mineralogy, 1994, Moscow State University,
Geological Faculty.
Candidate of Sciences, Geology-Mineralogy, 1968, Moscow State University,
Geological Faculty.
University diploma, 1959, (Geography and Geomorphology) Moscow
State University, GeographicalFaculty.
Positions
Head of the Laboratory of Dynamic Volcanology, Institute of Volcanic
Geology and Geochemistry (IVGG), Far East Division (FED), Russian Academy
of Sciences. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 1992- present.
Senior Researcher, IVGG, 1991-1992.
Senior Researcher, Institute of Volcanology, FED, Academy of Sciences,
1972-1991.
Junior Researcher, Institute of Volcanology, 1962-1972.
Research assistent, Geological-Geophysical Observatory of AS USSR,
Petropavlovsk - Kamchatsky, 1959-1962.
Research interests
Volcanology
Tephrochronology
Volcanic hazard
Volcano-tectonic deformations
Recent publications:
1. Melekestsev I.V.,Braitseva O.A.,Ponomareva V.V. 1989. Prediction
of Volcanic Hazards on the Basis of the Study of Dynamics of Volcanic Activity
Kamchatka. In: Volcanic Hazards Assessment and Monitoring: IAVCEI Proceedings
in Volcanology I. Berlin - ...Tokyo. Springer-Verlag. P. 10-35.
2. Melekestsev IV, Braitseva OA, Ponomareva VV, Sulerzhitsky LD. 1990.
Ages and dynamics of the active volcanoes of the Kurile-Kamchatka region.
Int Geol Rev 32/5: 436-448.
3. Melekestsev I.V.,Ponomareva V.V.,Volynets O.N. 1995. Kizimen volcano
(Kamchatka) - future Mt. St.Helens? Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal
Research, v. 65, p. 205-226.
4. Braitseva O.A., Melekestsev I.V. 1991. Eruptive history of Karymsky
volcano, Kamchatka, USSR, based on tephra stratigraphy and 14C dating.
Bull.Volcanol. Vol.53. P. 195-206.
5. Braitseva O.A., Melekestsev I.V., Ponomareva V.V., Sulerzhitsky
L.D. 1995. The ages of calderas, large explosive craters and active volcanoes
in the Kuril-Kamchatka region, Russia. Bulletin of Volcanology 57/6: 383-402.
6. Braitseva, O.A., Melekestsev, I.V., Ponomareva, V.V., and Kirianov,
V.Yu. The caldera-forming eruption of Ksudach volcano about ñal.
AD 240, the greatest explosive event of our era in Kamchatka. Journal of
Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 1996, v.70, N 1-2, pp. 49-66.
Melekestsev I.V., Braitseva O.A., Ponomareva V.V., and Sulerzhitsky
L.D (1996a). Holocene catastrophic caldera-forming eruptions of Ksudach
volcano, Kamchatka. Volcanology and Seismology, 17, 395-421.
Melekestsev I.V., Braitseva O.A., Bazanova L.I., Ponomareva V.V., and
Sulerzhitsky L.D. (1996b). A particular type of catastrophic explosive
eruptions with reference to the Holocene subcaldera eruptions at Khangar,
Khodutka Maar, and Baraniy Amfiteatr volcanoes in Kamchatka. Volcanology
and Seismology, 18, 135-160.