Mantle／Crust Evolution and Eco-Environmental Effects as Exemplified by Zhangjiakou-West Beijing Region

• Published in: Acta geochimica Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 1 - 14
• Main Author: 牛树银 孙爱群 李红阳 侯泉林 宋立军 王宝德 许传诗
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Nature B.V 2004; Resource College of Shijiazhuang University of Economics, Shijiazhuang 050031, China%Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
• Subjects: Agricultural production; Drinking water; Environmental effects; Evolution; Food chains; Fruits; Geochemistry; Geology; Geomorphology; Human beings; Mesozoic; Morphology; Ores; Plate tectonics; Studies; Uplift; 人类健康; 农作物; 地质环境; Beijing China; China; Zhangjiakou-West Beijing region; element background; geological environment; ecological effect; mantle-crust movement
• ISSN: 1000-9426; 2096-0956; 1993-0364; 2365-7499
• DOI: 10.1007/bf02841131

The living circumstances of human beings are closely related to the geological environment. As exemplified by the Zhangjiakou-West Beijing region, this paper describes the intensive mantle-crust uplift, which led to anomalous element background values for regional rocks(ores) and soils. As a result, some agricultural crops, and forests and fruits are of "superquality and high yield" or of "poor quality and low yield". The anomalous elements can find their way into grains, fruits, vegetables and drinking water and then will be taken by human beings, constituting a food chain, which would directly impact human health and lead to the spread of some endemic diseases. Studies have shown that the geomorphological features in the Zhangjiakou-West Beijing region are the outcome of geotectonic evolution since the Mesozoic.Mantle-crust movement is the key factor leading to the evolution and change of the regionally geological environment.