Earth’s Cryosphere, 2019, Vol. XXIII, № 4, p. 65-66
OCTAVY NESTOROVICH TOLSTIKHIN (16.07.1927–01.03.2019),
THE OUTSTANDING PERMAFROST SCIENTIST, HYDROGEOLOGIST AND GEOECOLOGIST
V.V. Shepelev, N.A. Pavlova
Melnikov Permafrost Institute, SB RAS, 36, Merzlotnaya str., Yakutsk, 677010, Russia;
vshepelev@mpi.ysn.ru, pavlova@mpi.ysn.ru
This paper describes the life and career of the outstanding permafrost scientist, hydrogeologist and geoecologist Professor Octavy Nestorovich Tolstikhin, Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, whose contribution to the study of groundwater in the permafrost zone and to popularization of the scientific knowledge about the influence of Man on the environment is highly valued.
Permafrost, groundwater, icing, cryohydrogeological mapping, geoecology