21世纪初十年中国古地理学发展概要

Advances of Palaeogeography in China in the First 10 Years of the 21^(st) Century

古地理学是研究地质历史时期和人类历史时期自然地理特征及其演化规律的科学,其研究与人类以及各种生物赖以生活和生存的古今自然地理环境密切相关。进入21世纪以来,各个分支学科,即地层古地理学或地史古地理学、构造古地理学、生物古地理学、岩相古地理学或沉积古地理学、自然地理古地理学和人类历史时期古地理学,都取得了较大发展。未来的发展趋势主要表现在各分支学科之间的相互渗透与配合,研究综合性的古地理,从而更好地为矿产资源的勘探与开发服务,为人类适应自然、与自然界和谐并存服务。

Palaeogeography study physical geographical characteristics and evolution of geological and human histo- ry,and has close connections with the natural environment. In the first ten years of the 21st century, many sub-dis- ciplines of palaeogeography, such as stratigraphy or geologic history palaeogeography, tectonics palaeogeography, paleontology palaeogeography, sedimentary or petrology palaeogeography, physical geography palaeogeography, and human historical palaeogeography, have been well developed. The trend in development of the palaeogeography is infiltration and matching among the subdisciplines, so that it can better serve the human being and the nature.