ROMANOVSKY Nicholas Nikitich

Romanovsky Nicholas Nikitich
born May 14, 1932, Mr.. G. Rubezhnoe. He graduated from the Geological Department, Moscow State University Department of Permafrost with honors (1955).

Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences (1959), Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences (1977). Professor geocryology Geological Faculty (1977). Chief and supervisor of field expeditions of the research sector of the geological department, working in areas of Siberia and the Far East (1960-1990).

. Member of the Presidium and head of the Section Groundwater Cryolithozone the Scientific Council of RAS on Cryology Earth (1977-1996), Deputy
. Chairman of the Joint Scientific Council of RAS on Cryology Earth (1996). Member of the HTS of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Russia. Member of the National Committee on Permafrost in the Sciences (1978). Vice-President (1993), a member of several working groups of the International Permafrost Association. Member of the Committee on Natural Wednesdays from ground-freezing processes of the International Geographical Union. Member, Deputy. Chairman of the specialized councils specialty hydrogeology, engineering geology, permafrostology. Scientific Secretary, a member of the editorial board of Journal of the Moscow University. Series of Geology (1966-1993). Member of the editorial boards of journals Earth Cryosphere, Permafrost and Periglacial processes, Biuletyn Peryglacialny, Polar Geography and Geology.

State Prize Laureate (1993). He was awarded the title of Honored Worker of Science (1995).

. Research interests: general, . Regional and historical Geocryology, . periglacial (freezing) processes and phenomena, . Permafrost research methodology, . engineering geology and hydrogeology of the frozen zone of the lithosphere, . protecting the natural environment in the permafrost zone,
. The main direction of research in recent years - the development of the concept cryogenesis lithosphere. Among his scientific accomplishments include fundamental research on the formation of polygonal-vein patterns, . Kurumi, . steatites icing and groundwater, . the transformation of hydro-geological structures under the influence of long-term freezing, . interaction Cryolithozone and gas (gas hydrate) deposits,
. Topic of Ph.D. thesis: The Quaternary deposits Bolshoi Lyakhov Island (New Siberian Islands) and the northern part of the Yano-Indigirskoy coastal lowlands (stratigraphy and freezing-facies analysis). Subject doctoral dissertation: Regularities of formation of polygonal-vein patterns based on the frosted cracking.

Since 1963, Mr.. lectures on basic courses permafrost Total Geocryology, Regional Permafrost, Groundwater Cryolithozone, Fundamentals cryogenesis lithosphere, Kriolitologiya and freezing-facies analysis, etc.. on the geological department.

Prepared 20 candidates. Head of the scientific school on cryogenesis lithosphere.

He has published over 200 scientific papers, t.ch. 10 monographs and 6 textbooks. Consulting Editor for Mountain Permafrost encyclopedia (1976-1989). Hauchny editor of several books, in t.ch. Permafrost USSR. East Siberia and Far East (V.4, 1989).
Major works:


- Regularities of formation of polygonal-vein structures (1977),
- Total permafrostology (Permafrost) (al. VA Kudryavtsev, B. H. DOSTOVALOV et al, 1978),
- Freezing-facies analysis Kurumi (al. AI Tyurin, H. F. Poltev, 1982), Groundwater Cryolithozone (1983),
- Basics cryogenesis lithosphere (1993).