Abstract
A great scientist of the XX century academician I.P. Gerasimov was a geographer-generalist. Geomorphology, Quaternary geology, lithology, geochemistry, tectonics and seismotectonics, paleogeography, soil science, biogeography is a partial list of his scientific interests, among which the geomorphology was the leading one. I.P. Gerasimov identified seven major groups of his geomorphological and paleogeographical works, of which the first five are written according to the results of geomorphological research: new ideas in regional studies, new dimensions in traditional problems, new methodological approaches, scientific fundamentals of structural geomorphology and geomorphological stage in the development of the Earth. Within the latter there are three macrocycle: global peneplain formation stepped denudation relief formation and over-planet development of terraced plains. The huge is the contribution of I.P. Gerasimov in the study of glacial, periglacial and arid morphosculpture.
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