Maukhida Atnagulovna Abdulkabirova (; ; 1917-2003) was a Soviet geologist,

metallurgist Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are known as alloys. Metallurgy encompasses both the ...

and

stratigraphic Stratigraphy is a branch of geology concerned with the study of rock layers (strata) and layering (stratification). It is primarily used in the study of sedimentary and layered volcanic rocks. Stratigraphy has three related subfields: lithost ...

researcher from

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

. She worked for the Institute of Geological Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan, and became Head of Special Metals Sector and Scientific Advisor.

Career

Adbulkabirova was educated at the Kazakh Mining and Metallurgical Institute, graduating in 1941. Abdulkabirova revealed the patterns of location of deposits in Northern Kazakhstan and compiled forecasted

geological map A geological map or geologic map is a special-purpose map made to show various geological features. Rock (geology), Rock units or stratum, geologic strata are shown by color or symbols. Bed (geology), Bedding planes and structural features such ...

s of this region. From 1943, Abdulkabirova worked at the Institute of Geological Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan and held numerous posts, working her way up to the posts of senior research assistant, then Head of Special Metals Sector and Scientific Advisor from 1993. She was known to her colleagues for her enquiring mind and her modest character.

Research interests

Abdulbakoriva's many research interests include: * Soil development in North Kazakhstan and its implications for mining and field patterning * Geological mapping of the region * Mine exploration * The potential for the

diamond industry Diamond is a Allotropes of carbon, solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. Diamond is tasteless, odourless, strong, brittle solid, colourless in pure form, a poor conductor of e ...

in the region, including the Kummalkol Diamond Mine

Awards

* 1990 - USSR State Prize * 1987 - Medal for Labor

Publications

During her career she wrote 115 scientific papers, including: * Materials on petrography of metamorphic rocks of the Kokchetav district (1949 - Alma-Ata) * Block-block structures and endogenous deposits of Northern Kazakhstan (1975) * Ore formations, gold ore deposits (1980) * Block-block structures and gold metallogeny of Kazakhstan (1982) * Geology of Northern Kazakhstan: (Stratigraphy) (1987) * Tectonics and the deep structure of Northern Kazakhstan (1988)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abdulkabirova, Maukhida Soviet metallurgists 1917 births 2003 deaths Women geologists Soviet geologists Soviet archaeologists 20th-century Russian women scientists Soviet women scientists