Hydrogeological Classification of Volcanogenic Structures (Am05043)

Volcanogenic structures cover quite big area on our planet. They are widely spread in young plicate areas: Alpine and Pacific Ocean ones. They also appear in rejuvenated plicate areas of Paleozoi, rift zones, island arcs and on the ocean floor. At the beginning of our planet’s evolution volcanogenic structures have been spread almost everywhere.
This article deals with the typing of volcanogenic structures in accordance with the following features: their location on land, on the bottom of the world ocean and in the transition zone land-ocean; their interaction with other hydrogeological structures; landscape climate, composition of volcanogenic structures, age (time of their formation); location of ground water. The above-mentioned factors on the whole determine the variety of hydrogeological conditions of volcanogenic areas including the formation of ground water, their resources, composition and regime.