R.A. ZHUKOV, EH.M. PINSKY (VSEGEI)

Regional geology: to find oneself

Authors, being guided by geological laws of Nicholas Steno (1669) and using the method, which they called as genetic, have studied the formation and evolution of geology as a rigorous descriptive science. It is shown that regional geology and owing to it, comprehensive geology, originated from stratigraphy, which created the main scientific model of our science – the geological map, and the main scientific method – the geological survey. The epithet “descriptive” as applied to geology expresses its advantage over other rigorous sciences, consisting in the limitless possibilities of factual substantiation of its conclusions.
Keywords: geology, regional geology, metageology, stratigraphy, genetic method.