地衣测量法就是用所测得到的地衣体的生长年龄来确定地衣所在的基物的年龄。实际上,在~(14)C样品难以采集,缺乏历史记载的地区,这是一种简便可行的方法。因此,自从Beschel提出这个方法以来,在地质地貌学,考古学等研究中得到了许多应用和发展,特别是得到冰川学者的广泛应用。近年来,苏联学者A.A.Nikonov用地衣测量法在确定中亚地区地震年龄方面做了些工作,把这种方法用于地震学研究。 The lichen measurement method uses the measured age of growth of a lichen body to determine the age at which the lichen is located. Actually, it is a simple and feasible method to collect samples of ~ (14) C difficult to record and lack of historical records. Therefore, since this method was proposed by Beschel, many applications and developments have been made in geomorphology, archeology and other studies. In particular, it has been widely used by glaciologists. In recent years, Soviet scholar A.A. Nikonov has done some work on the determination of the earthquake age in Central Asia by using the lichen measurement method, and has applied this method to seismology research.