The Development of the Nomological Foundations of Environmental Geology

The nomological basis of any science, which consists of its laws and regularities, forms its scientific foundation. Nomology (from the Greek nomos: law and logos: word, doctrine) is a section of the methodology that studies methods for formulating patterns and laws and creating scientific theories of a given science on these principles. In the field of environmental geology, the nomological foundations have not been fully developed due to the young age of this science and the uncertainty of many methodological issues of its structure, problems, etc. This paper aims to analyze the current state of nomological foundations of environmental geology and suggest new additions to them.