THEORETICAL FOUNDATION OF STRUCTURAL GEOMORPHOLOGY (TO THE 110TH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY OF N.A. FLORENSOV)
https://doi.org/10.5800/GT-2019-10-1-0410
Abstract
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Florensov is a Russian scientist who is famous for his contribution to the theoretical foundations of structural geomorphology.He formulated the law of the circulation of material in the Earth's crust, which is manifested by a periodically arisinglithodynamicflow, in the development cycle of which two main phases are distinguished as ascending and descending geodynamics. In our opinion, there is also the third phase, stabilization.This process is reflected in the morphological types of mountains. Considering the conditions of intracontinental orogeny, N.A.Florensovdistinguished two main types: constructive and destructive.Developing this concept, he solved a number of theoretical and philosophical problems concerning the inextricable relationship between the relief and the structure of the geological substratum, its geodynamics and, as a consequence, proposed to consider their relationship as changes in geomorphological formations in time and space. The scientific creativity of NA. Florensov, as a whole, is comparable in importance with that of other most prominent geomorphologists of the late 19th and 20th centuries, including V.M. Davis, W. Penk, S.S. Shults, I.P. Gerasimov, and L. King.
About the Authors
D. V. Lopatin
Institute of Earth Sciences of Saint Petersburg State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dmitriy V. Lopatin - Candidate of Geography, Assistant Professor
33-35 10-Line of Vasilievsky Island, Saint Petersburg 199178
V. P. Chichagov
Institute of Geography of RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Valeriy P. Chichagov - Doctor of Geography, Chief Researcher
29 Staromonetniy pereulok, Moscow 119017
T. M. Skovitina
Institute of the Earth’s Crust, Siberian Branch of RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Тatiana M. Skovitina - Candidate of Geology and Mineralogy, Senior Researcher
128 Lermontov street, Irkutsk 664033
A. A. Shchetnikov
Institute of the Earth’s Crust, Siberian Branch of RAS;
Irkutsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch of RAS;
A.P. Vinogradov Institute of Geochemistry, Siberian Branch of RAS
Russian Federation
Aleksander A. Shchetnikov - Candidate of Geology and Mineralogy, Senior Researcher Institute of the Earth’s Crust, Siberian Branch of RAS
Russian Federation
Aleksander A. Shchetnikov - Candidate of Geology and Mineralogy, Senior Researcher Institute of the Earth’s Crust, Siberian Branch of RAS
128 Lermontov street, Irkutsk 664033,
134 Lermontov street, Irkutsk 664033,
1A Favorsky street, Irkutsk 664033
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Lopatin D.V., Chichagov V.P., Skovitina T.M., Shchetnikov A.A. THEORETICAL FOUNDATION OF STRUCTURAL GEOMORPHOLOGY (TO THE 110TH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY OF N.A. FLORENSOV). Geodynamics & Tectonophysics. 2019;10(1):181-188. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.5800/GT-2019-10-1-0410
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