中文摘要：

1972年刘东生先生发表了“环境地质学的出现”。刘东生院士的环境地质观聚焦于：环境地质学发展的动力源于社会需要、地球环境系统的整体性及其与人类关系的相互依存性。35年来，地质环境的地球化学研究以区域环境质量和全球环境变化两大科学问题作为基本目标，经历了调查评价一区域综合一界面机理的3个发展阶段，在典型区域环境演化及环境一生态效应方面取得了重要进展。环境地质学以“地质学与人类”为宗旨，将在21世纪为人类谋求更多的福祉。

英文摘要：

Ever Since Prof. Liu Tungsheng published his landmark article ＂The Naissance of Environmental Geology＂ in 1972, he has maintained that the driving force of environmental geology should come from social demands as well as the interaction between earth environmental system and its inhabitants. In the past 35 years, the study of geochemistry of geological environment has carried out two main purposes： regional environmental quality and golobal change. The discipline has experienced three developmental stages： Investigation and assessment, regional synthesis, and interface mechanism. Major progresses have been made in the fields of environmental evolution and eco-environmental effect. Under the theme of ＂geology and human society＂ environmental geology will continue to provide more benefits to humankind in the 21^st Century.