Open AccessSeismology in the Soviet Union
Author(s) -
Lapwood E. R.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
geophysical journal of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0016-8009
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1970.tb06064.x
Subject(s) - seismology , soviet union , geology , work (physics) , history , political science , law , engineering , mechanical engineering , politics
Summary This article describes a two‐month visit to the U.S.S.R. in the summer of 1969. The writer visited several of the main regions of seismic activity, and talked with local seismologists about their work. He was able to meet many mathematicians and theoretical seismologists, especially in Moscow, Leningrad and Novosibirsk, and here describes their research. The article includes some information about the remarkable extent of observational seismology in the U.S.S.R., and also an account of a course for training of seismologists at Leningrad University.