
Mikhail G Leonov
Russian Academy of Sciences
Russia
Biography
Mikhail G Leonov has completed his PhD in 1980 at the Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. From 2005 to 2010, he was the Head of this Institute. Currently, he is the Head of the Tectonics consolidated crust laboratory of the Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is the member of the editorial boards of several journals. Through many years was the Head of the interlaboratory, interinstitute and international scientific programs. He has published 250 scientific works including 11 monographs and more than 100 articles published in scientific and popular journals. He has lectured in Russian universities, as well as in the University Marie and Pierre Curie (Paris). He participated in expeditions to the Caucasus, Pamir, Tien Shan, Kazakhstan, Karelia, Mongolia, Carpathians, and Balkans.
Abstract
Abstract : Lateral protrusions (plate-flows) in the structure of the Earth׳s lithosphere