Yushi,WangYongjin, WuJiangyin,DoraleJA,AnZhisheng,CaiYanjun.2004, Timing ,Duration ,andTransitionsoftheLastInterglacialAsian Monsoon .Science ,304(23):575~578. TheDevelopmentofModernKarstologyinChina YUANDaoxian TheInstituteofKarstGeology ,ChineseAcademyofGeologicalSciences ;theKarstDynamicsLaboratory ,MLR ,Guilin 541004 Abstract ThisarticlereviewsthedevelopmentofmodernkarstologyinChinaduringpastcoupleofdecades, whichtakeskarstdydnamicsasitsbasictheory.Themajorscientificachievementsaresummarized,andthe perspectivesoftheirpracticalusearegiven .TheimportancesofEarthSystemSciences ,GlobalView ,and thecontinuoussupportsfromrelevantnationalscientificauthoritiesinthedevelopmentofmodernkarstolo- gyinChinaareemphasized. Keywords:modernkarstology;EarthSystemSciences;globalcorrelation 736 地质论评 2006年