Ecological Geological Systems and Their Types, Position in the Ecosystems Structure and Tasks of the Investigation

• 责任者：V. T. Trofimov (Lomonosov Moscow State University ; Moscow 119991 ; Russia) ; T. V. Andreeva
• 刊名：Earth Science Frontiers
• 出版年：2010
• 卷期：17(2)
• 关键词：生态系统 ; ecosystem ; 地质环境 ; geoenvironment
• 页码：p.425-438
• 图表：7 illus., 2 tables, 16 refs.
• 分类号：1800
• issnNo：ISSN1005-2321
• isbnNo：CN11-3370/P

This paper explains the constituent factors comprising ecological geology’s field of study and determines the correlation of ecological geology to geoecology. The theoretical basis of ecological geology-classification of the ecological functions of the lithosphere is exposed.  Ecological geology’s object of study is expressed as the ecological geological systems found within a specific volume of the lithosphere and acting in or on its surface biota, including human beings and society. Factors of ecological geological systems formation, substantial typical and scientific tasks relevant to their investigation, the whole range of criteria and indices necessary under ecological geological systems investigation, and complications arising in their study are described.