The System Water-Rock-Gas-Organic Matter of V.Vernadsky

AbstractThis year the scientific community celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of the greatest Russian scientist, the founder of geochemistry, and in addition, known for biogeochemistry and studies about the history of natural waters and modern hydrogeochemistry. Due to this anniversary date, the development of ideas on the role of interactions of water with rocks, gases, and organic matter in creation of the surrounding world is analyzed in this article. It is shown that especially considerable successes are reached in studying water-rock systems that play a special role in the global evolution of the entire world surrounding us