There’s a remote island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that most people have never heard of. Once part of the Russian ...

Subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the North American Plate creating the Aleutian trench and volcanic island arc (Credit: Alaska Volcano Observatory). Click image for a larger view.

Some of our on-going research projects include: The petrogenesis of island arc magmas (with special emphasis on the Aleutian arc). The quantitative petrography of volcanic rocks. The evolution of ...

As relations between the US and Russia come under increased international focus, we explore a windswept, geologically tumultuous island whose history has been shaped by both nations. Situated ...

The Discovery+ doc explores Alaska's rugged Aleutian Island chain with filmmaker Ian Shive and a U.S. Fish and Wildlife research team. “It was a trip of a lifetime,” says the Los Angeles-based ...