On the Connotation and Methodology of Environmental-Biological Mineralogy
- 责任者：Li Shengrong (State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources ; China University of Geosciences ; Beijing 100083 ; China) ; Xu Hong
- 刊名：Earth Science Frontiers
- 出版年：2008
- 卷期：15(6)
- 关键词：环境矿物学 ; environmental mineralogy ; 生命起源 ; life origin
- 页码：p.1-10
- 图表：23 refs.
- 分类号：1800
- issnNo：ISSN1005-2321
- isbnNo：CN11-3370/P
Environmental-biological mineralogy is an interdisciplinary branch related with mineralogy, environmental science and life science. It is the extension of genetic mineralogy into the domain of life, being an important part of the systematic science of the earth. The main research field of environmental-biological mineralogy includes the following aspects: the mineralogical expression of life origin and the function of minerals in the emergence of life; the biological diversity and relationship between the organisms and minerals under extreme environment; the mineral composition in organisms and the function, macro-and micro-crystal forms and self-assembled hierarchical structures of biominerals; the nucleation, growth and self-assemble processes for biomineral and the organic controlling; the environmental typomorphism of biominerals; the processes, mechanism and resources-environment effect of biomineralization; the function, process and mechanism of minerals in life activities and their development and utilization.