Nikolay Pogrebov
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Nikolay Pogrebov, was a Russian and Soviet hydrogeologist and an engineering geologist. In 1884–1887, he studied in and was graduated from the Saint Petersburg Mining Institute. In 1897–1919 he worked
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Oil shale in Estonia
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There are two kinds of oil shale in Estonia, both of which are sedimentary rocks laid down during the Ordovician geologic period. Graptolitic argillite is the larger oil shale resource, but, because i
Nikolay Pogrebov
…Institute from 1931 to 1936. In 1902, he studied the Baltic Oil Shale Basin. In 1916, the Geology Committee asked Pogrebov to search information about oil shale in Estonia. In April 1916, the Petrograd Main Committee for Fuels sent him to Estonia to study oil shale. From July to November 1916, the geological survey of the…
Outcrop of Ordovician kukersite oil shale, northern Estonia
A specimen of graptolite argillite containing pyrite (FeS2) from the Türisalu cliff, an outcrop of the Türisalu Formation
Fossils in northern Estonian kukersite
Historical monument at the location where the first tonnes of oil shale were mined in Pavandu, Kohtla-Järve