透過土壤化育研究開啟地形演育與古環境之探索

On the Criteria of Children's Informational Books

土壤為地球表面物質風化之產物，影響其生成與化育的因子很多，包括了母質、地形、氣候、生物作用以及時間等，雖然其過程相當複雜，只要能謹慎地以科學的方法，從採樣地點的選擇，到降低不同影響因子的歧異性或干擾，便能從中得到許多今日環境或不同時代的環境以及環環變遷的許多重要訊息。本文謹以筆者及其研究團隊過去的一些研究案例，說明土壤化育在探索地表地形、地質作用幾種應用的面向，也希望藉此吸引的不同領域研究的參與，透過跨領域的結合，在基礎研究與應用層面上，開發出更多的可能。

Soil is the product of the weathering of the earth's surface. Many factors affect its formation and development, including parent material, topography, climate, biological process, and time. Although the process is quite complicated, it can be overcome by reducing the ambiguity or interference of different impact factors to provide much important information about the present and paleo environments and their changes through time. This article is based on the previously studied cases done by the authors and their research team to illustrate the application of soils in exploring the geological processes on the Earth's surface. The authors hope this may attract participation from different fields of research, thus give more contributions to the fundamental study or application to know better of Nature.