Disruptions of the Gornyi Altai ecologic-geological systems due to the Chuya earthquake were examined. The energy bond between
abiotic Earth spheres (the lithosphere and atmosphere) and biota were investigated during the period of seismic activity of
the Earth’s mantle, particularly with respect to population morbidity.
Original Russian Text © A.V. Shitov, V.E. Kats, M.A. Khar’kina, 2008, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Geologiya,
2008, No. 3, pp. 41–47.