George Ter-Stepanian

George Ter-Stepanian (Armenian: Գեորգ Եսայու Տեր-Ստեփանյան, Russian: Георгий Исаевич Тер-Степанян; April 16 [O.S. April 3] 1907 – December 4, 2006) was a Soviet Armenian scientist in the field of soil mechanics and engineering geology, one of the founders of the landslide studies, and the originator of the theories of the depth creep of slopes, the structural composition of post-ice-age clay and suspension pressure acting against filtration. Ter-Stepanian was a member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia.

George Ter-Stepanian

George Ter-Stepanian (Armenian: Գեորգ Եսայու Տեր-Ստեփանյան, Russian: Георгий Исаевич Тер-Степанян; April 16 [O.S. April 3] 1907 – December 4, 2006) was a Soviet Armenian scientist in the field of soil mechanics and engineering geology, one of the founders of the landslide studies, and the originator of the theories of the depth creep of slopes, the structural composition of post-ice-age clay and suspension pressure acting against filtration. Ter-Stepanian was a member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia.