“…Elbrus and Mt. Kazbek regions began around 250 ka ago (Lebedev et al, 2010;Lebedev, Vashakidze, et al, 2011;Lebedev & Vashakidze, 2014). Magma is generally thought to be mantle derived, as indicated by the Sr-Nd-O isotopic systematics of recent volcanic rocks and the high helium isotopic values of associated subsurface fluids (Polyak et al, 2009(Polyak et al, , 2000Tutberidze, 2012).…”