The vocabulary of the legend of cartographic units and conventional symbols collects the geological terms, or that are used in a specific sense in geology, which appear in the legend of the cartographic units and conventional symbols of the Geological map of Catalonia 1:50 000. For its elaboration, homogenous writing standards have been established. Many definitions derive directly from the available dictionaries (see the list of sources on this page) and others have been written specifically for this work, always looking for the simplest and most understandable explanation. The definitions have been organized in such a way that in the first place it is indicated what each term or expression refers to: rock, fossil, mineral, deposit, structure, etc.
Each term has been classified according to geological concepts indicated with the abbreviations listed below. From this classification we have tried to write the definitions with some criteria and common contents for each group, that is, we do not use a vocabulary addressed exclusively to the scientific world, but it consists in explaining the terms in a basic and comprehensible way. In this version the description is only done in Catalan and the entries are added in Spanish and English

Glossary of the legend of cartographic units and conventional symbols (Catalan)

Abreviations

Types of terms	Geological content	References
Abr: abreviature Adj: adjetive Adj F: female adjetive Adj M: male adjetive NF: female name NM: male name Pl: plural Pref: prefix Suf: sufix Verb: verb Ant: antonymous Sin: synonymous Equiv: equivalent EN: english ES: spanish	Amb.: environment Carst.: karst Color: colour Comp.: component Comp./Roca: component/rock Cont.: contact Dip.: deposit Edaf.: pedology Emp.: location Erosió: erosion Est.: structure Estra.: stratigraphy Evap.: evaporite Fluv.: fluvial Foram.: foraminifera Foss.: fossil Geom.: geomorphology Glac.: glacial Hidrot.: hydrotermal Igni: igneous Igni/Met.: igneous/metamorphic Intr.: intrusive Intr./Met.: intrusive/metamorphic Intr./Volc.: intrusive/volcanic Lito.: lithology Lito./Petro.: lithology/petrology Macro.: macrofossil Met.: metamorfism Micro.: microfossil Min.: mineral Morf.: morphology Petro.: petrology Proc.: process Quim.: chemism Roca: rock Sed.: sediment Sed./Igni: sedimentary/igneous Sed./Volc: sedimentary/volcanic Tect.: tectonics Text.: texture Volc.: volcanic Volc./Sed.: volcanic/sedimentary	BGS: British Geological Survey. DdG: Diccionari de geologia. Riba, 1997. DIEC: Diccionari de la llengua catalana. IEC, 2007. GG: Glossary of Geology. Neuendorf et al., 2005. IGC: Institut Geològic de Catalunya. LGEF: La gran enciclopedia de los fósiles. Turek et al., 1988. LIDG: Longman Illustrated Dictionary of Geology. Watt, 1982. LR: Les roques, introducció a la petrologia. Inglès et al., 1986. MCYL: La minería en Castilla y León. SIEMCALSA, 2007. PDG: Penguin Dictionary of Geology. Kearey, 1996. PGI: Procesos geológicos internos. Anguita i Moreno, 1991. USGS: United States Geological Survey. Mod: Modified.