Maukhida Abdulkabirova
{{short description|Soviet geologist}}
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| name = Maukhida Abdulkabirova
| image = Geologist_Maukhida_Abdulkabirova.jpg
| caption = Abdulkabirova in her laboratory
| birth_date = {{birth date|1917|11|04}}
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| death_date = {{Death year and age|2003|1917}}
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| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Geologist
- metallurgist
- stratigraphist}}
| alma_mater = Satbayev Kazakh National Research Technical University
}}
Maukhida Atnagulovna Abdulkabirova ({{Langx|ru|Маухида Атнагуловна Абдулкабирова}}; {{Langx|kk|Маухида Атнағұлқызы Абдулкабирова}}; 1917-2003) was a Soviet geologist, metallurgist and stratigraphic researcher from Kazakhstan. She worked for the Institute of Geological Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan, and became Head of Special Metals Sector and Scientific Advisor.
Career
Adbulkabirova was educated at the Kazakh Mining and Metallurgical Institute, graduating in 1941. Abdulkabirova revealed the patterns of location of deposits in Northern Kazakhstan and compiled forecasted geological maps of this region.{{CN|date=May 2023}}
From 1943, Abdulkabirova worked at the Institute of Geological Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan and held numerous posts, working her way up to the posts of senior research assistant, then Head of Special Metals Sector and Scientific Advisor from 1993.{{CN|date=May 2023}} She was known to her colleagues for her enquiring mind and her modest character.{{Cite journal|date=2014|title=Сазонова К.Л. Международное право и украинский конфликт: что было, что будет, чем сердце успокоится.|journal=Международное право|volume=1|issue=1|pages=1–15|doi=10.7256/2306-9899.2014.1.11666|issn=2306-9899}}
Research interests
Abdulbakoriva's many research interests include:
- Soil development in North Kazakhstan and its implications for mining and field patterning
- Geological mapping of the region{{Cite book|title=Techtonics and the deep structure of Northern Kazakhstan|year=1988}}
- Mine exploration
- The potential for the diamond industry in the region, including the Kummalkol Diamond Mine{{Cite book|publisher=University of Alberta|doi=10.29173/ikc1944|isbn=978-1-55195-424-0|year=1995|doi-access=free |chapter=South Kazakhstan diamonds |title=International Kimberlite Conference Extended Abstracts: 1995 }}
Awards
- 1990 - USSR State Prize
- 1987 - Medal for Labor{{CN|date=May 2023}}
Publications
During her career she wrote 115 scientific papers,{{Cite web|url=http://smkokshetau.kz/%d1%80%d0%be%d0%bc%d0%b0%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b8%d0%ba%d0%b0-%d0%bf%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b2%d1%8b%d1%85-%d0%be%d1%82%d0%ba%d1%80%d1%8b%d1%82%d0%b8%d0%b9/|title=Романтика первых открытий|language=ru-RU|access-date=2019-11-21}} including:
- Materials on petrography of metamorphic rocks of the Kokchetav district (1949 - Alma-Ata){{cn|date=December 2021}}
- Block-block structures and endogenous deposits of Northern Kazakhstan (1975)
- Ore formations, gold ore deposits (1980)
- Block-block structures and gold metallogeny of Kazakhstan (1982)
- Geology of Northern Kazakhstan: (Stratigraphy) (1987)
- Tectonics and the deep structure of Northern Kazakhstan (1988){{CN|date=May 2023}}
References
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Category:Soviet archaeologists