Citizenship USSR Fields Geology Tectonics | Spouse Maria Shegelman Name Zalman Gorelik | |
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Known for discoverer of potash and rock salt, oil deposits in the Pripyat Trough. Died February 16, 1987, Minsk, Belarus | ||
Zalman Gorelik (Belarusian: Залман Абрамавіч Гарэлік; Russian: Залман Абрамавич Горелик; 5 April 1908 in Bobruisk – 16 February 1987 in Minsk) was a geologist, tektonist, and organizer of the Geological Survey of Belarus. He was also co-discoverer of the first deposits of potash, rock salt, and oil in the Pripyat Trough. Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences (1973).
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