Abstract:

Prof.Zhang Wenyou(1909-1985)graduated in Beijing University in 1934.After graduation,he engaged in the research of basic geology and mineral resources under the direction of Prof.Li Siguang.In 1945-1947,he went to W Europe and N America on a tour of study and investigation,and in 1953,he again went to the Soviet Union on academic research.Through many years of geological research,he drew the essence of geomechanics and tranditional geology and creatively developed a new theory of fault-block tectonics.Based on this theory,he presided many major geological researches and made significant contributions in tectonics,and seismogeology,as well as in the geoexploration guidance of oil,gas,coal and other mineral resources.He led the compilation of the first tectonic map of China(1/5000000;1959)and the continental and marine tectonic map of China and its neighbouring regions(1/5000000;1983).His representative works—Guidance of Fault Block Tectonics—was written in his late years.