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Lev Vilen Eppelbaum, (in Russian: Лев Вилен Эппельбаум) born in 1959 in Tbilisi, Georgia, is a Russian-Israeli scientist and geophysics professor known for his work in geophysics, gravity & magnetics.[1], and geophysical, atmospheric, and planetary sciences. Lev Eppelbaum is a Research Professor at Tel Aviv University and an honorary professor at Azerbaijan State Oil & Industry University[2]. He is also a Foreign Member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences[3] and the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RANS). Over the years, Professor Eppelbaum has authored about 450 publications, including 12 books and over 190 articles. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Early life and education

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Lev Eppelbaum was born in 1959 in Tbilisi, Georgia, and attended the Azerbaijan State Oil & Industry University, receiving an MSc Degree in geophysics, and the Institute of Geophysics of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences and Moscow State Mining Academy, receiving a PhD in Geophysics PhD from the Institute of Geophysics in Tbilisi. Professor Eppelbaum is a passionate chess player, reaching the level of chess champion. Together with fellow chess team member G. Kasparov, he played against A. Karpov, and V. Kortchnoi.

Scientific and academic career

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During his tenure as a senior researcher in the laboratory of gravity and magnetics at the Institute of Geophysics in Baku, Lev Eppelbaum focused on processing and interpreting potential geophysical fields in complex environments and analyzing thermal/pressure data in wells. As a faculty member, he participated in several bi-national workshops for scientists. As an expert in his field, Professor Eppelbaum is regularly invited as a speaker at scientific conferences.

Professor Eppelbaum has published articles in the field of developments in archaeological prospection, methodologies for localization of the Dead Sea sinkholes, methodologies for paleomagnetic mapping, system for geophysical potential field analysis

Publications

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Developments in Archaeological Prospection

  • 2000: Magnetic Investigations in the Proto-Historic Site to the East of Tel Megiddo by Lev Eppelbaum and Sonya Itkis, Megiddo III - The 1992-1996 Seasons, Chapter 20, 504-514, Emery and Claire Yass Publications in Archaeology.
  • 2001: Prompt Magnetic Investigations of Archaeological Remains in Areas of Infrastructure Development: Israeli Experience by Lev V. Eppelbaum, Boris E. Khesin, and Sonya E. Itkis, Archaeological Prospection, Vol. 8, 168-185, John Wiley & Sons Ltd. ISSN:1075-2196.
  • 2003: Geophysical Examination of the Christian Archaeological Site Emmaus - Nicopolis (Central Israel) by L. V. Eppelbaum and S. E. Itkis, New perspectives to save the cultural heritage - CIPA 2003 International Symposium, 395-400.
  • 2011: Study of magnetic anomalies over archaeological targets in urban environments by Lev V. Eppelbaum, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Vol. 36, 1318-1330, Elsevier.
  • 2011: Review of Environmental and Geological Microgravity Applications and Feasibility of Its Employment at Archaeological Sites in Israel by Lev V. Eppelbaum, International Journal of Geophysics, Volume 2011, Article ID 927080, 1-9.
  • 2014: Geophysical Observations at Archaeological Sites: Estimating Informational Content by Lev V. Eppelbaum, Archaeological Prospection, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 21, No. 2, 25-38.
  • 2015: Quantitative Interpretation of Magnetic Anomalies from Thick Bed, Horizontal Plate and Intermediate Models Under Complex Physical-Geological Environments in Archaeological Prospection by Lev V. Eppelbaum, Archaeological Prospection, Vol. 22, No. 2, 255-268, Wiley,
  • 2020: Eppelbaum, L.V., 2020. Quantitative analysis of self-potential anomalies in archaeological sites of Israel: an overview. Environmental Earth Sciences, 79, 1-15.
  • 2024: Advancing archaeo-geophysics through integrated informational-probabilistic techniques and remote sensing by Lev V. Eppelbaum, Olga Khabarova, and Michal Birkenfeld. Journal of Applied Geophysics, Vol. 227, 105437, 1-12.

Methodologies for Localization of the Dead Sea Sinkholes

  • 2008: Study of the factors affecting the karst volume assessment in the Dead Sea sinkhole problem using microgravity field analysis and 3-D modeling by L. V. Eppelbaum, M. Ezersky, A. Al-Zoubi, V. Goldshmidt, and A. Legchenko, Advances in Geoscience[9], Vol. 9, 97-115, Copernicus Publications.
  • 2013: Geophysical prediction and following development sinkholes in two Dead Sea areas, Israel and Jordan, by M. G. Ezersky, L. V. Eppelbaum, A. Al-Zoubi, S. Keydar, A. Abueladas, E. Akkawi, B. Medvedev, Environmental Earth Sciences, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.[10]
  • 2014: Diffusion maps as a powerful tool for integrated geophysical analysis to detecting hidden karst terranes by L. Eppelbaum, V. Zheludev, and A. Averbuch, Izvestiya, Acad. of Sci. of Azerbaijan, Nos. 1-2, 36-46.
  • 2023: Ezersky, M., Eppelbaum, L.V. and Legchenko, A., 2023. Applied Geophysics for Karst and Sinkhole Investigations: The Dead Sea and Other Regions. IOP (Institute of Physics Publishing), Bristol, UK, 639.

Methodologies for Paleomagnetic Mapping

  • 2015: New Developments in Paleomagnetism Research (Earth Sciences in the 21st Century), Nova Sciences Publisher, ISBN 978-1634831291 (UK edition), 9781634831567
  • 2015: Newly developed paleomagnetic map of the Easternmost Mediterranean joined with tectono-structural analysis unmask geodynamic history of this region by Lev Eppelbaum and Youri Katz, Central European Journal of Geosciences (Open Geosciences), Vol. 7, 95-117, De Gruyter.
  • 2022: Eppelbaum, L.V. and Katz, Y.I., 2022. Paleomagnetic-geodynamic mapping of the transition zone from ocean to the continent: A review. Applied Sciences, 12, Spec. Issue: Advances in Applied Geophysics, 1-20.
  • 2023: Eppelbaum, L.V., Katz, Y.I. and Ben-Avraham, Z., 2023. Geodynamic aspects of magnetic data analysis and tectonic-paleomagnetic mapping in the Easternmost Mediterranean: A review. Applied Sciences, Spec. Issue “Ground-Based Geomagnetic Observations: Techniques, Instruments and Scientific Outcomes”, 13, No. 18, 1-44.

Development of a Unified Non-Conventional System of Geophysical Potential Field Analysis

  • 2019: Eppelbaum, L.V., 2019. Geophysical Potential Fields: Geological and Environmental Applications. Elsevier, Amsterdam – N.Y., 467 p.
  • Eppelbaum, L.V., 2019. System of potential geophysical field analysis in complex environments and some results of its application (Christiaan Huygens Medal Lecture).  Trans. of the 14th EUG Meet, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 21, EGU2019-1775, Vienna, Austria.
  • 2024: Non-conventional system for interpreting potential and quasi-potential fields in complex physical-geological environments by L. V. Eppelbaum, Abstracts of the International Scientific Conference “Caspian Basin in Transition Conference 2024”, Bridging Geosciences and Environmental Challenges, June 2024, Baku, Azerbaijan, 38-39.

Discovering Makhtesh Ramon (Northern Negev) Complex-Ore Deposit

  • 2002: Discovering of diamondiferous association in the Makhtesh Ramon Area, Negev Desert (Southern Israel), by Lev Eppelbaum, Vladimir Vaksman, Claude Klepatch, Sergey Kouznetsov, Alexander Surkov, Sergey Smirnov, Natalia Korotaeva, Igor Modin, Boris Bezelepkin, Romanian Journal of Mineral Deposits, Vol. 80, 25-28, ISSN 1220-5648).          
  • 2005: Discovery of Microdiamonds and Associated Minerals in the Makhtesh Ramon Canyon (Negev Desert, Israel) by L. V. Eppelbaum, V. L. Vaksman, S. V. Kuznetsov, L. V. Sazonova, S. A. Smirnov, A. V. Surkov, B. M. Bezlepkin, Yu. I. Katz, N. N. Korotaeva, and G. I. Belovitskaya, Doklady Earth Sciences2, 2006, Vol. 407, No. 2, 202–204, ISSN 1028-334X.
  • 2010: Results of integrated geological-geophysical examination of Makhtesh Ramon Area (Southern Israel) on diamond-bearing associations by Lev Eppelbaum, Sergey Kouznetsov, Vladimir Vaksman, Claude Klepatch, Sergey Smirnov, Luodmila Sazonova, Natalia Korotaeva, Alexander Surkov, Sonya Itkis, and Menashe Shemesh, Proceedings Paper of SPIE Vol. 5239, 109-120.
  • 2017: Makhtesh Ramon Complex Deposit (Southern Israel) – A Window to the Upper Mantle by Lev V. Eppelbaum and Vladimir L. Vaksman, International Journal of Mining Science (IJMS) Volume 3, Issue 1, 2016, 1-28, ISSN 2454-9460 (Online)

Development of numerous methodologies for thermal and pressure data observed in boreholes (together with Israel Kutasov)

  • 2006: Ground surface temperature histories inferred from 15 boreholes temperature profiles: Comparison of two approaches by L. V. Eppelbaum, I. M. Kutasov, and G. Barak, Earth Sciences Research Journal, Vol.10, No. 1, 25-34.
  • 2006: Determination of formation temperatures from temperature logs in deep boreholes: Comparison of three methods by L. V. Eppelbaum and I. M. Kutasov, Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, Vol. 3, 348–355, IOP Publishing.
  • 2006: Pressure and temperature drawdown well testing: similarities and differences by V. Eppelbaum and I. M. Kutasov, Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, Vol. 3 pages 12–20, Nanjing Inst. of Geophys. Prospecting and Institute of Physics Publishing.
  • Pressure and Temperature Well Testing, 1st ed., by Israel M. Kutasov and Lev V. Eppelbaum, CRC Press, 325, ISBN 978-1498733618
  • 2019: Well drilling in permafrost regions: Dynamics of the thawed zone by Lev V. Eppelbaum & Israel M. Kutasov, Polar Research Polar Research 2019, 38, 3351, 1-9, Norwegian Polar Research Institute.
  • 2011: Determination of the formation temperature from shut-in logs: Estimation of the radius of thermal influence by L. V. Eppelbaum and I. M. Kutasov, Journal of Applied Geophysics, Vol. 75, 278-282, Elsevier.
  • 2009: Estimation of geothermal gradients from single temperature log-field cases by I. M. Kutasov and L. V. Eppelbaum, Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, Vol. 6, 131-135, IOP Publishing.
  • 2012: New method evaluates efficiency of wellbore stimulation by I. M. Kutasov and L. V. Eppelbaum, Oil & Gas Journal, Aug. 6, 2012, 22-24.
  • 2014: Eppelbaum, L.V., Kutasov, I.M. and Pilchin, A.N., 2014. Applied Geothermics. Springer, Heidelberg – N.Y., 751 p.
  • 2018: The effect of thermal properties changing (at ice-water transition) on the radius of permafrost thawing by I. M. Kutasov and L. V. Eppelbaum, Cold Regions Science & Technology, Vol. 151, 156-158, Elsevier.
  • 2018: Utilization of the Horner plot for determining the temperature of frozen formations - A novel approach by Izzy M. Kutasov and Lev V. Eppelbaum, Geothermics, Vol. 71, 259-263, Elsevier.
  • 2018: Eppelbaum, L.V. and Kutasov, I.M., 2019. Well drilling in permafrost regions – dynamics of the thawed zone. Polar Research, 38, No. 2, 1-9.
  • 2024: Eppelbaum, L.V., 2024. The Possibility of Estimating the Permafrost’s Porosity in Situ in the Hydrocarbon Industry and Environment. Geosciences, 14, 1-10.

New Findings in Ancient Man Dispersal

  • 2022: Combined Zonation of the African-Levantine-Caucasian Areal of Ancient Hominin: Review and Integrated Analysis of Paleogeographical, Stratigraphic and Geophysical-Geodynamical Data by Lev V. Eppelbaum and Youri I. Katz, Geosciences, Vol. 13, No. 1, 1-23, MDPI.
  • 2023: Multidisciplinary Geological-Geophysical Analysis Unmasks Anthropological Site Structure in the Northern Part of the Levantine Corridor by Lev Eppelbaum and Youri Katz, Journal of Anthropological and Archaeological Sciences (JAAS), 8, No. 3, 1056-1078, ISSN: 2690-5752, Lupine Publishers.

New Physical-Geological Models in the Eastern Mediterranean

  • 1996: Geothermal Investigations in the Dead Sea Rift Zone, Israel: Implications for Petroleum Geology, by L. Eppelbaum, M. Modelevsky, Jr., and A. Pilchin, Journal of Petroleum Geology, Vol. 19(4), October 1996, 425-444, Wiley-Blackwell.
  • 2006: Methodology of Curie discontinuity map development for regions with low thermal characteristics: An example from Israel by Lev V. Eppelbaum and Arkady N. Pilchin, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL) 243, 536-551, Elsevier.
  • 2007: Structure of the Sea of Galilee and Kinarot Valley derived from combined geological-geophysical analysis by Lev Eppelbaum, Zvi Ben-Avraham, and Youri Katz, First Break Vol. 25, No. 1, 21-28. ISSN: 0263-5046.
  • 2012: Israel – Petroleum Geology and Prospective Provinces by Lev Eppelbaum, Youri Katz and Zvi Ben-Avraham, AAPG‐ER Newsletter.
  • 2015: Eastern Mediterranean: Combined geological-geophysical zonation and paleogeodynamics of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic structural-sedimentation stages by Lev Eppelbaum and Youri Katz, Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 65, 198-216, Elsevier.

Non-conventional Developments in Natural Hazards

  • 2006: Analysis of temperature influences on the amplitude-frequency characteristics of Rn gas concentration by Michael Finkelstein, Lev V. Eppelbaum, and Colin Price, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Vol. 86, 251-270, Elsevier.
  • 2013: Non-stochastic long-term prediction model for US tornado level by Lev V. Eppelbaum, Natural Hazards, Vol. 69, 2269-2278, Springer.
  • 2019: Earthquake Processes: A View from Synergetics and the Theory of Catastrophes by Sergey A. Arsen’yev, Lev V. Eppelbaum, and Tatiana Meirova, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Vol. 176, 3377-3390, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
  • 2020: Arsen'yev, S.A., Eppelbaum, L.V. and Meirova, T.B., 2020. Discrete Mathematical Model of Earthquake Focus: An Introduction. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 177, 4097-4118.
  • 2021: Nonlinear Model of Coastal Flooding by a Highly Turbulent Tsunami by Sergey A. Arsen’yev and Lev V. Eppelbaum, Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics  (JNMP), Atlantis Press, 28, 436-451.
  • 2023: The Behavior of Nonlinear Tsunami Waves Running on the Shelf by Sergey A. Arsen’yev and Lev V. Eppelbaum, Applied Sciences Vol. 13, 8112, 1-13.

Discovering Quasi-Circular Mantle Rotating Structure

  • 2021: Giant Quasi-Ring Mantle Structure in the African–Arabian Junction: Results Derived from the Geological–Geophysical Data Integration by L. V. Eppelbaum, Z. Ben-Avraham, Yu. I. Katz, S. Cloetingh, and M. K. Kaban, Geotectonics, 2021, Vol. 55, No. 1, 58-82, ISSN 0016-8521, Pleiades Publishing.
  • 2024: Eppelbaum, L.V., Katz, Y.I. and Ben-Avraham, Z., 2024. The reasons for enormous accumulation of the geodynamic tension in Eastern Turkey: a multidisciplinary study. Geology Geophysics and Earth Science, 2, No. 2, 1-28.

Development of Physical-Geological Models for Azerbaijan and Caucasus

  • 2004: Advanced 3D modelling of gravity field unmasks reserves of a pyrite-polymetallic deposit: A case study from the Greater Caucasus by Lev V. Eppelbaum and Boris E. Khesin, First Break, Vol. 22, No. 11, 53-56, Non-Seismic Methods/Airborne.[11]
  • 2011: Development of 3-D Gravity-Magnetic Models of the Earth’s Crust of Azerbaijan and Adjacent Areas: an Overview by Lev V. Eppelbaum and Boris E. Khesin, Positioning (SCIRP), Vol. 2, 84-102.
  • 2012: Eppelbaum, L.V. and Khesin, B.E., 2012. Geophysical Studies in the Caucasus. Springer, Heidelberg – N.Y., 411 p.
  • 2021: VLF-Method of Geophysical Prospecting a Non-Conventional System of Processing and Interpretation (Implementation in the Caucasian Ore Deposits) by L. V. Eppelbaum, ANAS Transactions, Earth Sciences, Vol. 2, 16‐38.
  • 2023: The Enormous Earth’s Crust Tension and Hydrocarbon Pipeline Exploration in the South Caucasus - Eastern Mediterranean by L.V. Eppelbaum, Yu. I. Katz, F. A. Kadirov, and Z. Ben‐Avraham, ANAS Transactions, Earth Sciences, Special Issue / 2023, 80‐85.
  • 2024: The Relationships between the Paleobiogeography of the Northern and Southern Sides of the Neotethys and the Deep Geodynamic Processes by L. Eppelbaum, Y. Katz, and F. Kadirov, ANAS Transactions, Earth Sciences, Vol. 1, 57‐76.
  • 2024: Processing and interpretation of magnetic data in the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian Sea: A review by Lev Eppelbaum, AIMS Geosciences, Vol. 10, 333-370.

Novel Physical-Geological Models in the African-Arabian Region

  • 2017: A new regard on the tectonic map of the Arabian–African region inferred from the satellite gravity analysis by Lev Eppelbaum and Youri Katz, Acta Geophysica , 65, 607-626.
  • 2018: Eppelbaum, L., Katz, Yu, Klokochnik, J., Kosteletsky, J., Zheludev, V. and Ben-Avraham, Z., 2018. Tectonic Insights into the Arabian-African Region inferred from a Comprehensive Examination of Satellite Gravity Big Data. Global and Planetary Change, 171, 65-87.
  • 2020: Eppelbaum, L. and Katz, Yu., 2020. Significant tectono-geophysical features of the African-Arabian tectonic region: An overview. Geotectonics (Springer), 54, No. 2, 266-283.
  • 2021: Eppelbaum, L.V. and Katz, Yu.I., 2021. Deep Tectono-Geodynamic Aspects of Development of the Nubian-Arabian Region. In: The Arabian Seas Biodiversity, Environment Challenges and Conservation Measures (Ed. L. Jawad), Springer, 199-237.

Personal life and family

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Lev Eppelbaum is married to Elina Markus Eppelbaum (Kreinin), whom he met at a party with friends. The couple have two children, Esfir Eppelbaum (1987) and Tal-Meiron Eppelbaum (1996).

Awards and recognitions

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References

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