Large explosive eruptions of shiveluch volcano, kamchatka resulting in partial destruction of the extrusive dome (February 28, 2005 and October 27, 2010)

We give an overview of the 2005–2011 eruptions of Shiveluch Volcano together with the seismicity and deformations of the lava dome during dome growth. It is shown that the generation of the intracrater intrusive dome proceeded at a variable rate. The maximum discharge of erupted lava reached 0.6 million cubic meters per day. Increased explosive activity preceded periods of intensive growth of the lava dome. We determined the volumes and depths of the magma chambers that supplied magma for large eruptions of the volcano on November 12, 1964, February 28, 2005, and October 27, 2010. We calculated the effective viscosity of the 2007 and 2011 lava flows.