Abstract:

Quantum is the smallest unit of energy and quantum mechanics is used to describe the properties, behaviors and dynamics of quantum states. Under the basic concept of natural science that macroscopic phenomena are governed by microscopic physics, quantum geoscience research concerns with, among others, a certain correspondence between macroscopic and microscopic quantities. As we all know, one of the problems in systems geology lies in the mutual coupling relationship between the geospheres and its underlying dynamic mechanisms. Macro-level dynamic mechanism as such should be a natural extension of certain microscopic mechanism(s). Presently it is an urgent task in theoretical research to describe geological phenomena according to quantum mechanics. This paper proposes an “extensive quantum-quantum” combined approach to describe, from the perspective of quantum mechanics, the asymptotic relationship between the macroscopic and microscopic geological attributes using a set of quantitative equation models. This method can be applied to address the problem of quantization in geoscience research to build a theoretical foundation for the establishment of quantum geoscience and at the same time provides a scientific basis for quantum computing for geoscience.

Key words: quantization in geoscience, property of quantum states, geospatial nonlinear spectrum decomposition, smallest digital spectrum, “extensive quantum” approach