- Grigoriy A. Gamburtsev
Grigoriy Aleksandrovich Gamburtsev ( _ru. Григорий Александрович Гамбурцев) (OldStyleDate|March 23|1903|March 10 –
June 28 ,1955 ) was a Soviet seismologist andacademician fromSaint Petersburg ,Russia who worked in the area of seismometry andearthquake prediction .cite web| url = http://www.scgis.ru/russian/cp1251/h_dgggms/4-99/gamburtsev.htm| title = Институту физики Земли РАН присвоено имя академика Григория Александровича Гамбурцева: Вестник ОГГГГН РАН, № 4(10)'99| accessdate = 2006-12-16| date = 1999-12-25| publisher =Russian Academy of Science| language = Russian] __NOTOC__Life
Gamburtsev was born on
March 23 ,1903 inSaint Petersburg ,Russia . He graduated from theMoscow State University in 1926. From 1938 onward, he worked at the Geophysical Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences, serving as its director from 1949-55. In 1946, Gamburtsev became a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences and in 1953 he became full member of the Academy. [cite web| url = http://www.gubkin.ru/gallery/portrait/detail.php?ID=968| title = ГАМБУРЦЕВ Григорий Александрович| accessdate = 2007-01-26| publisher =Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas| language = Russian] Gamburtsev developed a new design ofseismograph s and created their theory.Great Soviet Encyclopedia , 3rd edition, entry on "Гамбурцев", available online [http://slovari.yandex.ru/art.xml?art=bse/00016/56600.htm here] ] He proposed a new method for themineral exploration , so calledcorrelation refraction method , and thedeep sounding method for monitoring theEarth crust . [cite web| url = http://www.synapse.ru/index.php?id=35| title = Deep Seismic Sounding database: 1956 Caspian Sea DSS experiment| accessdate = 2007-01-26| publisher =Synapse Science Center| language = Russian] He died onJune 28 ,1955 inMoscow .Honors
Gamburtsev received several government awards for his scientific work, including the
USSR State Prize (1941),cite web| url = http://www.aswords.com/info/GAMBURTsEV-Grigoriy-Aleksandrovich-W13261.htm| title = ГАМБУРЦЕВ Григорий Александрович| accessdate = 2006-12-15| publisher = aswords.com| language = Russian] theOrder of the Red Banner of Labour (1945), and theOrder of Lenin (1953). TheGamburtsev Mountain Range , a range of sub-glacial mountains nearDome A in EasternAntarctica , was discovered in 1958 by the3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition [cite web| url = http://www.aari.ru/south/publication/avsyuk/avsyuk.html| title = 20 лет открытию Полюса недоступности Антарктиды: Метеорология и Гидрология. 1979, №3. Гидрометеоиздат.| accessdate = 2007-01-26| publisher =Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute | language = Russian] and named after him in the same year;cite web| url = http://aadc-maps.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=2515| title = Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains| accessdate = 2006-12-15| author = Australian Antarctic Data Centre | date = 2000-01-01| publisher =Australian Government, Antarctic Division] Val Gamburtsev, an oil deposit inNenets Autonomous Okrug ,cite web| url= http://se1.isn.ch/serviceengine/FileContent?serviceID=ISFPub&fileid=4703B57F-2A27-6956-3041-D2153943BBDD&lng=en | title=Russian Regional Report: Vol. 6, No. 39, 7 November 2001 |accessdate = 2006-12-16|date = 11-07-2001|publisher = EastWest Institute] (part ofArkhangelsk Oblast ), is also named for him.References
External links
* [http://www.scgis.ru/russian/cp1251/h_dgggms/ca_2-1998.htm#9 G.A. Gamburtsev and the problem of earthquake prediction]
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