RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES VOL. 9, ES1003, doi:10.2205/2007ES000222, 2007
[54] The above analysis of the remarkable work of N. A. Golovkinsky from the viewpoint of modern geological science yields the following results:
[55] 1. For the first time, the succession of facies in a sedimentary basin and their vertical onlapping were described in the scientific literature. These ideas were later developed by A. A. Inostrantsev and shaped by Johannes Walther as the basic facies law [Walther, 1894].
[56] 2. For the first time in the Russian scientific literature, Golovkinsky introduced the notions of chronological, stratigraphical, petrographical and palaeontological horizons and studied the relationships between them anticipating the concept of isochrones that intersect stratigraphical, petrographical and palaeontological boundaries.
[57] 3. The basic principles of sequence stratigraphy relating to the architecture of sedimentary complexes in sedimentary basins were first introduced in this work.
[58] This indicates that N. A. Golovkinsky recognised not only the essence of the basic facies law but also its key scientific and practical applications. Apparently, his modesty, self-criticism and exactingness did not allow him to proclaim the discovered phenomena as the universal geological law.
[59] Only a few scientists of those times were able to fully understand the essence of Golovkinsky's discoveries and evaluate their scientific and practical meaning, and another 100 years had to pass until the others could do that.
Citation: 2007), The Golovkinsky strata formation model, basic facies law and sequence stratigraphy concept: Historical sources and relations, Russ. J. Earth Sci., 9, ES1003, doi:10.2205/2007ES000222.
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