Acad. Boris Sokolov: "Even among the most competent and well-known geologists of Moscow Yanshin was a standout by virtue of his prodigal interests, depth of research and singularity of views... Yanshin was at home in any field of geology." Dr. Vladimir Kholodov, chief research scientist of the RAS Institute of Geology: "...Tall, of athletic build, he carried away his audiences by his artistic manners. His delivery was perfect in style, and his body language was in striking harmony with his message... His great erudition was even more imposing... The audiences felt instinctively they had good luck to come in touch with an immense mountain of work done." Acad. Eric Galimov: "Yanshin is one of the brightest heights of our classical geology... Related to his name... are the discoveries of major deposits of phosphorites and potassium chlorates first in Kazakhstan and then in Siberia... Turning to a job at hand at its very base, he always moved as far as its summit... Geologic surveying was yet another line of his activities from the very start... What is it? Now, you should learn about the geological structure of a territory where you are... One ought to be a great know-all to be able to do that--to feel nature and understand how it works so as to piece together a few bits of fragmentary evidence into a coherent picture... just imagine the scope of a scientist who could apply geologic surveys to the southern Urals, Western Kazakhstan, and the Volga region. This is a vast territory. Its past has been restored to us by Yanshin, by his hands and thought. Extending his know-how to global problems, Yanshin called attention to the fact that tectonic activity on our planet does not occur simultaneously here and there. He was the first to show that sea transgression (expansion) on one continent is accompanied by regression (fallback) on another one. In other words, this phenomenon is not related to the level of the world ocean, it is but the result ... Читать далее