INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING, SCIENCE AND - Volume 7, Issue 8, August 2018

Pages: 16-26
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Geochemical Principle of the Life Evolution

Author: Jin-zhong Gong

Category: Engineering, Science and Mathematics

Abstract:

This paper has integrated the latest achievements of lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy and geochemical survey in China. Research indicates, the directionality, staged, and irreversibility of biological evolution can all be reflected in the time evolution of rock geochemistry. The outbreak and extinction of biological population correspond to the lithostratigraphic geochemical interfaces .Between the number of biological species, and the rock elemental content, existed a significant correlation. The fractal distribution of rock geochemistry reflects the basic structural features of life on the earth, just like a human body meridian acupuncture point map.

In the long-term formation and evolution process, the biological chain system is always in a dynamic equilibrium with the global ecological environment. The abundance and lack of certain elements in the environment, has important influence on the physiological and biochemical processes of plants and animals, thus restricting the regional ecological structure. At last, the authors propose geochemical view point of the origin and evolution of life: Life is the essential characteristic of the universe, the adaptation and coordinated development of biological systems and their living ecological environment, is the fundamental causes and driving forces of biological evolution. Biological evolution is the inevitable result of the interaction of the Earth's lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere.

Keywords: Origin and evolution of Life, Rock strata, Biological fossils, Geochemistry, System synthesis