GEOLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCHES OF ACADEMICIAN I. P. GERASIMOV IN THE CAUCASUS

  • V. A. Snytko Institute for the History of Science and Technology named after S. I. Vavilov RAS, Russia, 125315, Moscow, 14 Baltinskaya str
  • A. V. Sobisevich Institute for the History of Science and Technology named after S. I. Vavilov RAS, Russia, 125315, Moscow, 14 Baltinskaya str
  • T. Schipek University of Silesia in Katowice, Bankowa 12, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
  • I. A. Kerimov The Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia, 123995 Moscow, B. Gruzinskaya st., 10-1
Keywords: Caucasus, Alps, history of geology, mineral springs, geomorphology, Balkan Mountains, brown soils

Abstract

This article devoted the scientific heritage of academian Inokentiy P. Gerasimov (1905-1985), who made the great impact in geomorphology, Quaternary geology, lithology, geochemistry, tectonics and soil science. I. P. Gerasimov is famous by the huge amount of scientific work in Caucasus region, where he created the new methodological approaches to the role of geomorphology in the development of the Earth. The results of organized by I. P. Gerasimov international projects «Alps - Caucasus» and «Caucasus - Balkan Mountains» were considered. Particular attention was paid to his important research of Caucasian soils and theory of creation laccoliths in Piatigorsk region.
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Published
2016-09-27
Issue
Vol 6 No 3 (2016): Geology and Geophysics of the South of Russia, 2016 No 3
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Articles