This paper discusses our understanding and utilization on the basis of analyzing the meaning of culture and science, and analyses three periods of the development of earth science culture.

• 摘要本文在阐析“文化”、“科学”含义的基础上，试谈了对地球科学文化的理解和利用，并初步分析了地球科学文化发展的三个阶段。