Exploratory Field Visit to Northern Kamchatka and Northeastern Siberia

苏联东部的堪察加半岛是一个极具地质价值的地区。它的南半部是太平洋“火环”的一部分，其中包括105座火山，其中29座目前正在活动。特别令人感兴趣的是堪察加北部的几个浅成热液金矿和汞矿床。虽然堪察加群岛长期以来一直被认为是外国人的禁区，但北部的堪察加群岛最近才开放。这笔给密歇根理工大学的克雷格·切斯纳和华盛顿州立大学的阿特·埃特林格的旅行补助金将使他们能够接受苏联科学院火山研究所的邀请，访问堪察加北部和东西伯利亚的毗连地区，考察表层沉积物，并确定长期合作研究的可行性。

The Kamchatka Peninsula in the eastern Soviet Union is an area of great geological interest. Its southern half is part of the Pacific "ring of fire" containing 105 volcanoes, 29 which are currently active. Of particular interests are several epithermal gold and mercury deposits in the northern Kamchatka. While the Kamchatka has long been considered off-limits to foreigners, the northern Kamchatka has recently been opened. This travel grant to Craig Chesner of Michigan Technological University and Art Ettlinger of Washington State University will enable them to accept an invitation from the Soviet Academy of Sciences' Institute of Volcanology to visit the northern Kamchatka and contiguous areas of eastern Siberia to inspect epithermial deposits and to determine the feasibility of long-term cooperative research.