Position

Education, scientific degrees and titles

• 1961, Leningrad State University, Dept. of Geomorphology
• 1972, PhD., Recent tectonism of the Pechora Urals as related to its glacial history
• 1982, Senior Scientist – academic certificate
• 1995–2003, Professor II at the University of Bergen, Norway
• 2000, Doctor of Geology, Last glaciation of Arctic plains of Russia
• 2012,  Full Professor – academic certificate

Research IDs

• Pure
• Scopus ID

Research interests

Key publications

1. Astakhov V.I. and Isayeva L.L. The 'Ice Hill': an example of retarded deglaciation in Siberia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 1988, v. 7, p. 29–40
2. Astakhov V.I., Kaplyanskaya F.A. and Tarnogradsky V.D. Pleistocene permafrost of West Siberia as a deformable glacier bed. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 1996, v. 7, p. 165–191.
3. Astakhov V. I. Pleistocene glaciations of northern Russia – a modern view. Boreas, 2013, v. 42, p. 1–24. 
4. Astakhov V. The postglacial Pleistocene of the northern Russian mainland. Quaternary Science Reviews, 2014, v. 92, p. 388–408.
5. Astakhov V. I. Quaternary glaciotectonics of the Ural-Siberian North. Russian Geology and Geophysics, 2019, v. 60, No. 12, p. 1353–1367.

Other professional activities

• Leading Research Associate of A.P. Karpinsky Russian Geological Research Institute (VSEGEI)
• Member of Advisory Board to the international magazine Boreas

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