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The First National Geological Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

V. A. Eyles
V. A. Eyles
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(H.M. Geological Survey)1
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Abstract

In France a National Geological Survey was planned in 1822 by the Corps Royal des Mines, a government institution, in association with its subsidiary, the Ecole des Mines. The first objective was a rapid Survey of the whole of France, with the intention of preparing a general Geological Map of the country, to be followed by a more detailed Survey, based on the Départements. Field work for the general map commenced in 1825, and was completed in 1835 and a Geological Map of the whole of France, on a scale of approximately 8 miles to the inch was published by the Ministry of Public Works in 1841. The project was carried out entirely under the direction of the Ministry, at public expense. As a National Survey it thus preceded that of Great Britain, established in 1835, by some ten years.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 87 , Issue 5 , October 1950 , pp. 373 - 382
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1950

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