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R. I. Goloudin

Rationale for registry approach to geological cartography

In the Russian geological cartography a paradoxical situation has occurred: today we haven`t got a geological map of the Earth surface. From the geological map the geologists “remove” of porous Guarternary sedimentary deposits and are mapping the imaginary surface. In the full volume these sediments are shown on maps of the Guarternary formations, but, however, these maps are constructed in a genetic legend and do not give a real presentation of geological structure of the survey area. It is suggested to construct a geological map of the Earth surface scale 1 : 200 000 and more in a lithologo-stratigraphic legend on the principle of “mapping is that is observed” and to show on it in real natural boundaries all geological formations.
Key words: geology, cartography, the Earth surface, cartographic model, a scientific fact, recording, interpretation.