Background
PRIKLONSKIY, Viktor was born on February 7, 1899.
PRIKLONSKIY, Viktor was born on February 7, 1899.
1920 graduate Moscow University. 1928 graduate Moscow Mining Academy.
From 1930 lecturer, from 1950 professor, Moscow Geological Surveying Institute. From 1944 also associate, from 1957 director, Laboratory of Hydrogeological Problems, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences. Helped design many major hydraulic structures.
Established laws for the diffusion of salts in clayey rocks, of importance in the formation of ground water and argillaceous residue. Publ.Izucheniye fizicheskikh svoystv i khimicheskogo sostava podzemnykh vod (A Study of the Physical Properties and Chemical Composition of Ground Waters) (1935). Gruntovedeniye (Soil Studies) (2 volume, 1952-1955).
Correspondent member, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences from 1958.