Tatyana G. Rautian Explained

Tatyana Glebovna Rautian is a Russian seismologist.

She co-developed the K-class (or Energy class) scale, an alternative to the magnitude scales of the West, based on radiated energy of earthquakes, which was used in the USSR starting in the late 1950s.^[1] She also extensively studied the seismicity of Central Asia, having worked in Gharm, Tajikistan. Her work included the influential use of coda waves to retrieve information about the source of earthquakes^[2], the properties of seismic waves generated by explosions.^{[3] [4]}

In 1949, she won the soviet rowing championship.^[5]

She worked for the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Physics of the Earth. Schmidt Academy of Sciences where her husband,Vitaly I. Khalturin also worked and with whom she often collaborated scientifically.

She visited Indiana University in 1993 and 1994^{[6] [7]}, and worked at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory between 1993 and 2005.^[8]

In 2010, she was the recipient of the Harvey Fielding Reid medal,^[9] the Seismological Society of America's highest honour.^[10]

Notes and References

1. Rautian . T. G. . Khalturin . V. I. . Fujita . K. . Mackey . K. G. . Kendall . A. D. . 2007-11-01 . Origins and Methodology of the Russian Energy K-Class System and Its Relationship to Magnitude Scales . Seismological Research Letters . en . 78 . 6 . 579–590 . 10.1785/gssrl.78.6.579 . 2007SeiRL..78..579R . 0895-0695.
2. Web site: https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article-abstract/68/4/923/117792 . 2024-06-14 . pubs.geoscienceworld.org.
3. A study of small explosions and earthquakes during 1961--1989 near the Semipalatinsk Test Site, Kazakhstan . Khalturin . V. I. . Rautian . T. G. . 1994-03-01 . Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States) . UCRL-CR-116651 . English . Richards . P. G.. 10114179 .
4. Web site: https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article-abstract/88/6/1511/120420 . 2024-06-14 . pubs.geoscienceworld.org.
5. Web site: 2021-04-24 . ГК «ЗНАМЯ» НАШИ ЧЕМПИОНЫ СССР . 2024-06-14 . archive.is . 2021-04-24 . https://archive.today/20210424123242/http://xn--80abskfjf9b9g.xn--p1ai/sssr/sssr.html . dead .
6. 1993 . Hoosier Geologic Record 1993 . Hoosier Geologic Record . 10333/16122 . en-US.
7. 1994 . Hoosier Geologic Record 1994 . Hoosier Geologic Record . 10333/16123 . en-US.
8. Web site: Lamont Weekly Report, April 22, 2011 Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory . 2024-06-14 . www.ldeo.columbia.edu.
9. Web site: Tatyana G. Rautian Seismological Society of America . 15 June 2024 . seismosoc.org.
10. Web site: The Harry Fielding Reid Medal Seismological Society of America . 15 June 2024 . seismosoc.org.