摘要
The third edition of the Geological Map of the World follows thefirst and second editions published by the CGMW respectively in1990 and 2000.This bilingual document(English-French)is the resultof a highly synthetic compilation given both the small scale of themap and its educational purpose.It is a tentative and(very)simplifiedrepresentation of the entire solid surface of our planet and includesboth continental and oceanic domains.This new edition is a completely revised concept compared tothe map issued in 2000 and takes into account the state of the geologicknowledge at the turn of the century.For the first time,the Map isdesigned in two sheets of the same size:Sheet 1(Physiography,Volcanoes,Astroblemes)revealingthe fine-grained texture of the totality of the Earth surface whenremoving the water of the oceans.
