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of Russian Academy of Sciences
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of Russian Academy of Sciences
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Historical milestones
1946
The Institute of Oceanology was established. Resolution of the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences
1946
• The fundamental role of the spatial unevenness of the wind field in the formation of ocean circulation.
• Equatorial countercurrent theory.
V.B. Shtokman
1948
• The concept of the biological structure of the ocean and its total biological resources
L.A. Zenkevich
and
V.G. Bogorov
1957
• Maximum depth of the Mariana Trench - 11,022 m
• Life at depths > 7 km
• XXV cruise of RV Vityaz
1967
• Ocean turbulence theory
A.S. Monin
and
R.V. Ozmidov
1970
• Synoptic eddies
• Experiment POLYMODE in the Atlantic
L.M. Brekhovskih
,
M.N. Koshlyakov
,
V.G. Kort
and
L.M. Fomin
Founders of the Institute of Oceanology
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Historical milestones
1977
• 1st expedition using deep sea manned submersibles Pysis with a working depth of 2 km.
A new era in ocean exploration
1978
• Theory of phosphorite formation in upwelling zones.
G.N. Baturin
1987
• 1st dive of deep-sea manned submersibles Mir
Constructor
I.E. Mikhaltsev
1993-2007
• The concept of marginal filters that capture river runoff and pollution
A.P. Lisitsyn
1995-96
• RV Mstislav Keldysh and deep-sea submersible Mir take part in the filming of the movie Titanic.
A.M. Sagalevich
2007-2016
• 6 complex expeditions to study the current state of the Kara Sea ecosystem
2015
• Deep convection in the subpolar Atlantic and a record sinking of surface waters to depths
> 1.5 km are found
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