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Further reading

• Zaretskaia, N. E. et al. (2001). "Radiocarbon dating of the Kurile Lake caldera eruption (South Kamchatka, Russia)". Geochronometria 20: 95-102. 
• Ponomareva, V. V. et al. (2004). "The 7600 (¹⁴C) year BP Kurile Lake caldera-forming eruption, Kamchatka, Russia: stratigraphy and field relationships". Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 136 (3-4): 199-222. DOI:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.05.013. 

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References

• Global Volcanism Program