Geology. Козлова Е.П. - 45 стр.

Proceeding from the great variety of pathogenic geochemical accumulations, many
experts propose to divide them into two groups: geopathogenic geochemical
anomalies related to natural processes, and technopathogenic ones, i.e. those
produced by techogenesis. Both kinds of anomalies merit special attention from
experts in ecological geology and from geoecologists and medics.

                         Ecological Geology: What Now?

         Now geology is ecologically oriented too. Its hands – on fields take in every
line of vital activity. But one point is stressed: ecogeology has gained recognition
only with the progress of technogenesis when the further deterioration of the human
environment has made it imperative to study and prognosticate the aftermath of
geological and technogenic activities.
         Ecological geology has developed scientific methods of its own in the
cognition of the world we live in like biology and ecology proper, ecogeology
proceeds from theoretical concepts on trends in the evolution of material and
nonmaterial world. As a science ecological geology must draw upon research
methods of kindred sciences, such as physics, chemistry, biology, geography,
mathematics and the soil science. Systems analysis is an integral part of this
discipline, for its object is a single complex system endowed with a wide variety of
characteristics and functions. Today this ecoscience can forecast the ecogeological
condition of the natural environment, which is an essential part of new long-term
development programs and managerial decision making.

                                            By Nikolai Yasamanov,
                                            Dr.Sc. (Geol. & Mineral.)
                                            Lomonosov Moscow State University




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