About the Background of the Expedition of R. Murchison to Russia
https://doi.org/10.31857/S0869607122030090
Abstract
The article is devoted to some new facts about the expedition of R. Murchison - E. Verneuil in the European part of Russia. The most valuable historical sources testing to the peculiarities of the development of geology of that time are the Memories by N.I. Koksharov and the monograph by A. Geikie. The analysis of a fragment of Murchison’s letter (the discovery in Geikie’s monograph) made it possible to recognize addresses related to Murchison in St.Petersburg. As one of the motivations for Murchison’s expedition to Russia, the similarity of the Paleozoic sections of the European part of Russia and Great Britain is pointed in all literary sources. At the first time, L. von Buch had pointed out this similarity to Murchison. L. von Buch had rather carefully familiarized himself with paleontological collections of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic deposits of the European part of Russia. However, the history of formation of Russian paleontological collections for L. von Buch has not been discussed anywhere. The archival materials studied by the author reveal new data about history of the paleontological collection of L. von Buch collected from Russian localities.
About the Author
M. G. Tsinkoburova
Saint-Petersburg Mining University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Saint-Petersburg
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Tsinkoburova M.G. About the Background of the Expedition of R. Murchison to Russia. Proceedings of the Russian Geographical Society. 2022;154(3):86-95. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31857/S0869607122030090
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