Vladimir Belousov
{{short description| A Soviet Earth scientist known for alternatives to plate tectonics }}
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Belousov ({{langx|ru|Влади́мир Влади́мирович Белоу́сов}}) ({{OldStyleDate|30 October|1907|17 October}} in Moscow – December 25, 1990) was an Earth scientist in the Soviet Union, and a prominent advocate of alternatives to the theories of plate tectonics and seafloor spreading{{cite journal
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| last=Beloussov
| first=V. V.
| year=1970
| title=Against the hypothesis of ocean-floor spreading
| journal=Tectonophysics
| volume=9
| issue=6
| pages=489–511|bibcode = 1970Tectp...9..489B }} during the period of intense debate on these subjects in the 20th century.{{Cite book
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| first1 = P.L.
| last2 = Skinner
| first2 = B.J.
| last3 = Dineley
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| title = The Oxford Companion to The Earth
| publisher = Oxford University Press
| year = 2000
| isbn = 0-19-854039-6
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Belousov was head of the Geodynamics Department at the Institute of the Physics of the Earth in Moscow (from 1944). He was a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (from 1953), and a professor at both the Moscow Geological Surveyance Institute (from 1943) and Moscow State University (from 1953). From 1960 to 1963, Belousov was President of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). Additionally, he was also a Foreign Member of the Geological Society of London.
In 1942, Belousov advanced the theory that the Earth's material had gradually differentiated according to its density, leading to the current internal structure of the Earth. He proposed that this gradual movement was the basic cause of movements in the Earth's crust.
During the 1960s, he led three expeditions to the East African Rift to study continental structure and the Earth's mantle. These trips fueled his belief that continental crust was transformed into oceanic crust through widespread processes involving basic magmas.
Although his theories were ultimately rejected by the scientific community, Belousov was an important figure in the development of the Earth sciences within the Soviet union following the Second World War.
Bibliography
=Papers in English=
- Belousov V.V. The upper mantle project: World scientists join in a great venture. - The Courier UNESCO. 1963. N 10. P. 12–17.
- Belousov V.V. The upper mantle and its influence on the development of the Earth's crust. - JCSU Review of world science. 1964. Vol. 6. P. 72–77.
- Belousov V.V. The relationship between the Earth's crust and the deeper layers of the Earth. - Joum. Indian Geoph. Union. 1965. Vol. 1, N 1. P. 1–7; Ibid. Vol. 2, N 2. P. 81–86.
- Belousov V.V. Modern concepts of the structure and development of the Earth's crust and the upper mantle of continents. - Quart. Journ. Geol. soc. London. 1966. Vol. 122. Pt. 3. N 487. P. 293–314; Ibid. - Journ. Geol. soc. India. 1966. Vol. 7. P. 1–14.
- Belousov V.V. Against continental drift. - Science Journ. 1967. Vol. 3. N 1. P. 2–7.
- Belousov V.V. Some comments on possible processes in the Earth's mantle. - J. R. astr. soc. 1967. Vol. 14. N 1–4. P. 371–373.
- Belousov V.V. Structural geology. M.: Mir, 1968. 180 p.
- Belousov V.V. [http://www.agu.org/books/gm/v012/GM012p0449/GM012p0449.pdf Some problems of development of the Earth‘s crust and upper mantle of oceans] // The Crust and Upper Mantle of the Pacific Area. Washington:, AGU, 1968. P. 449–459. (Geophysical Monograph Series; Vol 12)
- Belousov V.V. Interrelations between the Earth's crust and upper mantle. - The Earth's crust and upper mantle. Am. Geoph. Union, 1969. P. 698–712.
- Belousov V.V. Against the hypothesis of ocean-floor spreading. - Tectonophysics. 1970. Vol. 9. N 6. P. 489–511.
- Belousov V.V. On possible forms of relationship between magmatism and tectonogenesis // Journ. Geol. Soc. 1971. Vol. 127. N 1. P. 57–68.
- Belousov V.V. [http://www.episodes.co.in//www/backissues/21/21.htm Conference reports: IUGS Symposium “Geodynamics Problems-Outlook to the 80's”] [Zurich. Feb. 5–6. 1979]. Episodes. Vol. 2. N 1. 1979. P. 30.
- Belousov V.V. Geotectonics. Moscow; Berlin; New York: Mir; Springer; Heidelberg, 1980. 330 p.
References
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- Geological Society of London: Foreign members // Nature. 1959. Vol. 184. N 4696. P.1360-1361.
- Belousov Vladimir Vladimirovich // The New Encyclopædia Britannica. Chicago; London [etc.]: Enc. Britannica Inc, 1986. Vol. 1. P. 83; 1992. Vol. 1. P. 84.
- Ioganson L. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070825201456/http://www.ncgt.org/newsletter.php The 1977 Belousov letter to Khain] // NCGY Journal. 2014. Vol. 2. N 3. P. 3–6.
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Category:Corresponding Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Category:Foreign fellows of the Indian National Science Academy
Category:Recipients of the Order of Lenin
Category:Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Category:20th-century Russian geologists
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Category:Presidents of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics