Maria Klenova

Maria V. Klenova (Russian: Мари́я Васи́льевна Клёнова, 1898–1976), (Mariya Vasil’yevna Klenova) a Russian marine geologist, was one of the founders of marine geology.

Biography

Dr. Klenova was was a senior research associate at the Institute of Oceanology of the USSR Academy of Sciences. From 1925, she worked at the Floating Marine Research Institute and participated in marine expeditions to the northern seas and the archipelagos of Novaya Zemlya, Spitsbergen, and Franz Josef Land. In 1933 she produced the trade map of the Barents Sea Seabed Types. She worked in the Atlantic Ocean, in Antarctic waters, in Caspian, Barents and White Seas.

Dr. Klenova is the author of many marine geology books in Russian as well as many articles.

Honors

The Klenova Valley, an oceanographic valley discovered in 1981–1983 by the USSR Northern Fleet Hydrographic Expedition is named after her. The valley is located at 84°36’ N 55°00’ W.

References and External Links

  * http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/gebco/SCUFN16REP.pdf

• Klenova M.V. and Jastrebova L.A. (1938) Chlorophyll in sediments as an indication of the gas phase of the water. Trans. Inst. Mar. Fisheries, U.S.S.R. 5, 65-70.
• Geology of the Sea (1948)
• Geology of the Volga delta (1951, co-author)
• Geology of the Barents Sea (1960)
• Geological structure of the continental slope Caspian Sea (1962, co-author)
• Precipitation of the Arctic basin based on drift l / s G. Sedov (1962)
• Geology of the Atlantic Ocean (1975)