Sergey A. Merkuryev

Teaching courses

  • Field theory
  • Geostatistics
  • Paleomagnetology

Position

Associate professor, Department of Geophysics

E-mail: s.merkurev@spbu.ru

Phone: (812) 323-78-45

Education, scientific degrees and titles

  • M.Sc. Geophysics 1980 Leningrad State University, USSR
  • Ph. D. (C. Sc.) Geophysics, 1990 Leningrad State University, USSR, Marine Magnetic Anomalies and geodynamics of the Northwestern Indian Ocean

Research IDs


Research interests

Earth Sciences, Geophysics, Marine Geophysics, Marine magnetic anomalies, Plate Tectonics, Paleomagnetology, Inversion
Geodynamics, Computer Programming


Key publications

  1. Merkouriev, S., and C. DeMets (2006), Constraints on Indian plate motion since 20 Ma from dense Russian magnetic data: Implications for Indian plate dynamics, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 7, Q02002, doi:10.1029/2005GC001079
  2. N.I.Gurevich, S.A.Merkur’ev and A.A.Abel’skaya Evolution of the southern part of the Canada Basin (Arctic Ocean) based on magnetometric data. Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2006; Volume 407, Nos. 2, p.308-311, DOI 10.1134/S1028334X06020358
  3. Merkouriev, S., and C. DeMets, A high resolution model for Eurasia-North America plate kinematics since 20 Ma" Geophys. Journal International. 2008, v.173 (3), pp.1064–1083, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03761.x
  4. S. A. Merkur’ev, C. DeMets, and N. I. Gurevich. Geodynamic Evolution of Crust Accretion at the Axis of the Reykjanes Ridge, Atlantic Ocean. Geotectonics, 2009, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 194–207. DOI 10.1134/S0016852109030029
  5. S.A. Ivanov, S.A. Merkur’ev Interpretation of Marine Magnetic Anomalies. Part I. A Survey of Existing Methods and Analysis of the Analytic Signal Method, Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, 2014, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 388-396. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793214030086


Other professional activities

  • St. Petersburg Filial Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation of Russian Academy of Sciences, Marine Geomagnetic Investigation Laboratory, Head of Laboratory

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