B.Sc. – Moscow State University, Moscow, USSR (1982)
“Petrology of ultramafic-mafic intrusions in Eastern Siberia and Kamchatka” (advisor: Dr. Anatoly Phenogenov)
M.Sc. – Moscow State University, Moscow, USSR (1984)
“Convergent margin volcanism: A case study of southern Koryak Highlands” (advisor: Prof. Dr. Tatyana Frolova)
Ph.D. – USSR Academy of Science, Moscow, USSR (1986)
“Cenozoic volcanic series in the framing of the Bering Sea basin” (advisor: Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Prof. Dr. Nikita Bogdanov)
Kepezhinskas P.K., Kepezhinskas N.P., Berdnikov N.V. and Krutikova V.O. (2020). Native metals and intermetallic compounds in subduction-related rocks from the Stanovoy mobile belt (Russian Far East): Implications for redox heterogeneity in subduction zones. Ore Geology Reviews, v. 127, article 103800.
Berdnikov N.V., Nevstruev V.G., Kepezhinskas P.K., Mochalov A.G. and Yakubovich O.V. (2020). PGE mineralization in andesite explosive breccias associated with the Poperechny iron-manganese deposit (Lesser Khingan, Far East Russia): Whole-rock geochemical, 190Pt-4He isotopic, and mineralogical evidence. Ore Geology Reviews, v. 118, article 103352.
Kepezhinskas N., Kamenov G.D., Foster D.A. and Kepezhinskas P. (2020). Petrology and geochemistry of alkaline basalts and gabbroic xenoliths from Utila Island (Bay Islands, Honduras): Insights into back-arc processes in the Central American volcanic arc. Lithos, v. 352-353, article 105306.
Kepezhinskas P., Kepezhinskas N. and Berdnikov N. (2019). Gold, platinum and palladium enrichment in arcs: role of mantle wedge, arc crust and halogen-rich slab fluids. E3S Web of Conferences, v. 98, 08010, https://doi.org/10.1051/e3conf/20199808010.
Kepezhinskas P. and Kepezhinskas N. (2019). 13C-depleted moissanites in subduction-related rocks: tracers of slab fluids in the Earth’s mantle and a new diamond exploration tool. E3S Web of Conferences, v. 98, 08009, https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20199808009.
Kepezhinskas P.K., Eriksen G.M.D. and Kepezhinskas N.P. (2016). Geochemistry of ultramafic-mafic rocks in the Norwegian Lapland: Inferences on mantle sources and implications for diamond exploration. Earth Science Research, v. 5, p. 148-187.
Vannucci R., Tiepolo M., Defant M.J. and Kepezhinskas P. (2007). The metasomatic record in the shallow peridotite mantle beneath Grenada (Lesser Antilles arc). Lithos, v. 99, p. 25-44.
Widom E., Kepezhinskas P. and Defant M. (2003). The nature of metasomatism in the sub-arc mantle wedge: evidence from Re-Os isotopes in Kamchatka peridotite xenoliths. Chemical Geology, v. 196, p. 283-306.
Kepezhinskas P., Defant M.J. and Widom E. (2002). Abundance and distribution of PGE and Au in the island-arc mantle: implications for sub-arc metasomatism. Lithos, v. 60, p. 113-128.
Defant M., Xu J.F., Kepezhinskas P., Wang Q., Zhang Q. and Xiao L. (2002). Adakites: some variations on a theme. Acta Petrologica Sinica, v. 18, p. 129-142.
Defant M.J. and Kepezhinskas P. (2001). Evidence suggests slab melting in arc magmas. EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 82, p. 65-69.
Kepezhinskas P. and Defant M. (2001). Nonchondritic Pt/Pd ratios in arc mantle xenoliths: evidence for platinum enrichment in depleted island-arc mantle sources. Geology, v. 29, p. 851-854.
Defant M.J., Sherman S., Maury R.C., Bellon H., de Boer J., Davidson J. and Kepezhinskas P. (2001). The geology, petrology, and petrogenesis of Saba Island, Lesser Antilles. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 107, p. 87-111.
Herbert W., Kepezhinskas P., Krylov K., Grigoriev V., Sokolov S., Aleksuitin M., Heiphetz A. and Layer P. (2000). Paleomagnetism and tectonics of the Kamchatka region, Northeastern Russia: Implications for development and evolution of the Northwest Pacific basin. Polarforschung, v. 68, p. 297-308.
Kepezhinskas P., Defant M., Maury R., Clague A., Joron J.-L. and Cotton J. (1998). Composition of island-arc mantle and its bearing on the origin of cratonic lithosphere. International Kimberlite Conference, vol. 7(1), p. 417-419, https://doi.org/10.29173/ikc2753.
Turner S., McDermott F., Hawkesworth C.J. and Kepezhinskas P. (1998). A U-series study of lavas from Kamchatka and the Aleutians: constraints on source composition and melting processes. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 133, p. 217-234.
Kepezhinskas P., McDermott F., Defant M.J., Hochstaedter A., Drummond M.S., Hawekesworth C.J., Koloskov A.V., Maury R.C. and Bellon H. (1997). Trace element and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic constraints on a three-component model of Kamchatka arc petrogenesis. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 61, p. 577-600.
Kepezhinskas P., Defant M.J. and Drummond M.S. (1996). Progressive enrichment of island arc mantle by melt-peridotite interaction inferred from Kamchatka xenoliths. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 60, p. 1217-1229.
Hochstaedter A., Kepezhinskas P., Defant M., Drummond M. and Koloskov A. (1996). Insights into the volcanic arc mantle wedge from magnesian lavas from the Kamchatka arc. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 101, p. 697-712.
Kepezhinskas P.K. and Defant M.J. (1996). Contrasting styles of mantle metasomatism above subduction zones: constraints from ultramafic xenoliths in Kamchatka. In: Bebout G.E., Scholl D.W., Kirby S.H. and Platt J.P. (eds.). Subduction: Top to Bottom. AGU Geophysical Monograph, Volume 96.
Drummond M.S., Defant M.J. and Kepezhinskas P.K. (1996). Petrogenesis of slab-derived trondhjemite-tonalite-dacite/adakite magmas. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth and Environmental Science, v. 87, p. 205-215.
Kepezhinskas P.K., Defant M.J. and Drummond M.S. (1995). Na metasomatism in the island arc mantle by slab melt-peridotite interaction: evidence from mantle xenoliths in the North Kamchatka arc. Journal of Petrology, v. 36, p. 1505-1527.
Hochstaedter A.G., Kepezhinskas P.K., Defant M.J., Drummond M.S. and Bellon H. (1994). On the tectonic significance of arc volcanism in Northern Kamchatka. Journal of Geology, v. 102, p. 639-654.
Kepezhinskas P. (1994). Diverse shoshonite magma series in the Kamchatka arc: relationships between intra-arc extension and composition of alkaline magmas. Geological Society London Special Publications, v. 81, p. 249-264.
Kepezhinskas P. (1993). Cold Moho boundary beneath island arc systems: an example from the North Kamchatka arc. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 20, p. 2471-2474.
Kepezhinskas P.K., Reuber I., Tanaka H. and Miyashita S. (1993). Zoned calc-alkaline plutons in Northeastern Kamchatka, Russia: implications for the crustal growth in magmatic arcs. Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 49, p. 147-174.
Kepezhinskas P.K., Taylor R.N. and Tanaka H. (1993). Geochemistry of plutonic spinels from the North Kamchatka arc: comparisons with spinels from other tectonic settings. Mineralogical Magazine, v. 57, p. 575-589.
Bonatti E., Peyve A., Kepezhinskas P., Kurentsova N., Seyler M., Skolotnev S. and Udintsev G. (1992). Upper mantle heterogeneith below the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 00-150N. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 97, p. 4461-4476.
Kepezhinskas P.K., Kepezhinskas K.B. and Pukhtel I.S. (1991). Lower Paleozoic oceanic crust in Mongolian Caledonides: Sm-Nd isotope and trace element data. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 18, p. 1301-1304.
Kepezhinskas P.K. (1989). Origin of the hornblende andesites of Northern Kamchatka. International Geology Review, v. 31, p. 246-252.
Kepezhinskas P. and Kepezhinskas N. (2020). Diverse origins of high-Nb basalts in volcanic arcs. IAVCEI- 8th International Maar Conference, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. Abstracts Volume, p. 62-63.
Kepezhinskas P., Berdnikov N. and Kepezhinskas N. (2020). Metals, melts and fluids in island-arc mantle” new evidence from Avachinsky xenoliths (Kamchatka). IAVCEI- 8th International Maar Conference, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. Abstracts Volume, p. 64-65.
Kepezhinskas N., Foster A.D., Kamenov G. and Kepezhinskas P. (2020). Detrital zircon geochronology of metamorphic and sedimentary units of the Bay Islands, Honduras: implications for sediment underplating by subduction. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 52, No. 2, doi: 10.1130/abs/2020SE-344318.
Kepezhinskas P., Kepezhinskas N. and Berdnikov N. (2019). Mineralogy and geochemistry of Paleozoic black shale in the Priorat DOQ Region (Catalonia, Spain) and the concept of geochemical terroir. Goldschmidt Conference, Barcelona, Spain. Abstracts Volume.
Kepezhinskas N., Kepezhinskas P. and Berdnikov N. (2019). Native metals and alloys in arc-related ultramafic rocks: crustal metamorphic phenomenon? Goldschmidt Conference, Barcelona, Spain. Abstracts Volume.
Kepezhinskas P. and Kepezhinskas N. (2018). Subduction diamonds twenty years after. AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C. Abstracts volume. Abstract T21G-0317.
Kepezhinskas N., Foster D.A., Kepezhinskas P. and Kamenov G.D. (2018). Construction of continental crust in the Southwest Caribbean Sea: A case study of the Bay Islands, Honduras. AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C. Abstracts volume. Abstract T21G-0312.
Kepezhinskas P., Kepezhinskas N., Kamenetsky V. and Berdnikov N. (2018). Multi-stage magmatic and metamorphic formation of Ni-Co-Cu(Pd) mineralization in a subduction-related setting: a case study of the Ildeus-Lucha intrusive complex (Stanovoy mobile belt, SE Siberia). GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 50, No. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-320293.
Kepezhinskas N., Kepezhinskas P., Foster D.A. and Kamenov G. (2018). Moissanite and diamond from the primitive shoshonite dike in Eastern Finnmark (Norway): evidence for superdeep slab-mantle interactions in subduction zones. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 50, No. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-321968.
Kepezhinskas N., Kamenov G., Foster D.A., Heaatherington A.L. and Kepezhinskas P. (2016). Geochemistry and origin of alkaline basalts and gabbroic xenoliths from the Utila Island (Bay Islands, Honduras). GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 48, No. 7, doi: 10.1130/abs/2016AM-277739.
Kepezhinskas P. (2020). Geological history of wine. KnigIzdat, Moscow, Russia (in Russian).
Kepezhinskas P. (1987). Cenozoic volcanic series in the framing of marginal seas. Nauka Publishers, Moscow, USSR (in Russian