Elbrus now is in the stable stage, still the residual volcanic processes in the cooling down magmatic center are observed: numerous thermal sources of Djyly-su specify that. Sources have temperature up to 24 degrees.
The candidate of geographical degree, the Kabardino-Balkarian scientific center of the Russian Academy of Sciences employee Abdulah Kerimov told about it Caucasus Times. As he said, gas excretions on the east top of Elbrus still proceed. That is a natural condition of the volcano.
Abdulah Kerimov also informed that shootings from the International space station of Elbrus are organized in the mode of the constant monitoring that allows observing movements of glaciers on the southern slope as well as the general condition of the volcano.
Formation of the volcano Elbrus and its active live began for about 4 million years ago and ended 4-5 thousand years ago. Since that period, the scientist remarked, any traces of large spontaneous-destructive accidents on the northern slopes of «the Snow Handsome» was not found out.
Caucasus Times
