Scientific activity of Leonid Ya. Nesterov (1903-1959)

Abstract

Leonid Ya. Nesterov, a talented geophysicist, professor at the Leningrad Mining Institute, head of the Department of Geophysical Methods for Exploration of Ore Deposits, began his teaching and research activities at the Institute in 1930. In those years the methods of electrical exploration of minerals were being born. L.Y. Nesterov began his scientific work by developing them. It resulted in 1931 in practical manuals - “Method of electrical resistances”, “Method of measuring natural electric fields” and in 1932 - “Electrical exploration by direct current” (together with A. A. Petrovsky).