THE N.A. GOLOVKINSKY’S FUNDAMENTAL FACIAL LAW — PROBLEMATICS AND NEW HORIZONS

Abstract

Famous Russian geologist N.A. Golovkinsky published 150 years ago an important scientific work, where the phenomenon of lateral displacement (movement) of homogeneous lithological layers («slide» over time) was asserted. This created the most significant prerequisites for the fundamental facial law: the layers, lying nearby, were formed in the same sequence vertically. The law was formulated a little later by A.A. Inostrantsev, and later «rediscovered» by J. Wal- ter. The ideas, developed by N.A. Golovkinsky, subsequently found the application in the study of geological cyclicity, and currently in the booming seismic stratigraphy. The creative improvement and continuation of theoretical positions contained in the Golovkinsky’s work allowed to advance a method of facially-cyclic analysis, which has been success- fully used in the study of many coal-bearing strata, and is currently used for coal-free deposits of the West Siberian oil and gas basin. Methodically, they develop an understanding of causality and correspond to the principles of synergetic world-view. The main content of these ideas remains relevant in the light of new realities of cognitive process (nonlin-ear science, endovision).

Keywords

• фация
• основной фациальный закон
• причинность (каузальность)
• цикл, секвенс.