Vladimir Laskarev (1868-1954) and Paratethys

Irina Malakhova; Alexey Tesakov; Sergey Popov; Ljupko Rundić

doi:10.2298/GABP240310005M

Irina Malakhova Geological institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pyzhevsky per. 7, 119017 Moscow, Russia.
Alexey Tesakov Geological institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pyzhevsky per. 7, 119017 Moscow, Russia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8616-2291
Sergey Popov Borissiak Paleontological institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoytuznaya ul. 123, 117647 Moscow, Russia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1712-0469
Ljupko Rundić University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Đušina 7, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1598-9603

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/GABP240310005M

Keywords: Vladimir Laskarev, geology, paleogeography, paleontology, Russia, Serbia, Neogene, Quaternary, Paratethys

Abstract

Vladimir Laskarev (1868-1954) Russian and Serbian geologist strongly influenced geological literature by introducing a scientific term Paratethys for the series of intercontinental water basins separated from the Mediterranean Sea and the World Ocean by the Alpine orogeny. The scientific activity of Laskarev in Russian Empire (1890-s – 1919) was based in the University of Odessa. As an active university professor Vladimir Laskarev contributed to the geological mapping of the western provinces of Imperial Russia and to regional Neogene geology and paleontology of the Odessa and Bessarabian regions. Several of Laskarev's students became well-known geologists and paleontologists during the Soviet times. The contribution of Vladimir Laskarev to the geological studies in Serbia in 1920-s and 1950-s is difficult to overestimate. The steady progress of the Laskarev's term Paratethys in the scientific literature started in early 1940-s and culminated in 1970-1980-s during international Neogene correlation and mapping projects.