Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich

Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich (* December 11, 1806 in Berlin, † July 1, 1886 in Vienna ) was a German mineralogist, geologist and explorer.

Work and work

First scientific work delivered Abich on spinels and other minerals. Later he examined fumaroles, minerals near volcanoes and the structures of volcanoes. In 1842 he was appointed Professor of Mineralogy at the University of Dorpat and undertook 1850-1880 repeatedly trips to Armenia and the Caucasus countries. In 1853 he became a member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences and lived in Vienna since 1877. He had previously visited Tbilisi and studied the geology of the Caucasus.

The mineral Abichit, German for Clinoclase, was named after him.

Publications

  • About the soda lakes on the Araxesebene. 1846 and 1849.
  • About orography of Daghestan. , 1847.
  • Meteorological observations in Transcaucasia. 1848 and 1850, including
  • Explanatory diagrams of geological phenomena observed at Vesuvius and Etna in 1833 and 1834. Berlin 1836.
  • On the nature and context of volcanic formations. Braunschweig 1841.
  • On the geological nature of the Armenian highlands. Dorpat in 1843.
  • Comparative chemical analysis of the water of the Caspian Sea, Urmia and Wansees. Petersburg in 1856.
  • Contributions to the paleontology of Asiatic Russia. Petersburg in 1858.
  • Comparative geological Broad caucasian Armenian and Persian northern mountains. Petersburg in 1858.
  • About the rock salt and its geological position in the Russian Armenia. Petersburg in 1857.
  • Sur la structure et la. géologie you Daghestan. Petersburg 1862 ( PDF; 2.6 MB).
  • About one published in the Caspian Sea island, along with contributions to the knowledge of the mud volcanoes in the Caspian region. Petersburg in 1863.
  • Introductory principles of the geology of the peninsulas Kerch and Taman. ( Mémoires de l' Académie = Imperiale des Sciences de St. - Pétersbourg Série 7, . T 9 N 4. ). Petersburg in 1865 (PDF, 7.8 MB).
  • Geological observations on tires between Kur and Araxes. Petersburg in 1867.
  • Geological investigations in the Caucasian countries. Vienna, 1878 Part 1 1882 Part 2
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