SOME EPISODES OF THE LIFE OF ACADEMICIAN L. I. LOBKOVSKY (TO THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE JUBILARIAN)

Abstract

This essay is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the outstanding Russian scientist Leopold Isaevich Lobkovsky. The article describes the path of formation and professional transformation of a graduate of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of Lomonosov Moscow State University, who in the course of his work made a significant contribution to World science in the field of geodynamics. In particular, he created the prerequisites for a significant revision of the physical foundations of the theory of lithospheric plate tectonics and its transformation into the theory of tectonics of deformable lithospheric plates. The second important achievement of L. I. Lobkovsky is the creation of a keyboard model of island-arc systems and the trigger effect of energy unloading in subduction zones. The most important geopolitical achievement of the hero of the day is the creation of a model for the development of the Canadian Basin and the Arctic Ocean in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic. This made it possible to substantiate the continental nature of the vast areas of the Arctic for the declaration of Russian priority over them in the relevant UN commission.