Descobriment de la geologia de Catalunya pels geòlegs estrangers a començaments del segle XIX Authors Lluís Solé i Sabarís Abstract The first works of foreign geologists on Catalonia, at the beginning of the 19th century, are discussed, and the political causes explaining the delay in the knowledge of the geology of Catalonia summarized. The first know works are those of Maclure and Lyell on the volcanic area of Olot (1808 and 1830), and those of Cordier (1816) and Dufresnoy (1831) on the salt mountain of Cardona. The significance is stated of the works by Pratt (1852) and Fischer (1893) on the structural interpretation of the Catalanides; these works were ignored by latter geologists until the first quarter of the 20th century had elapsed (M. Riba). The influence of these early geological studies on Catalan and foreign geologists is discussed. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Downloads Text complet (Català) Published 2005-05-02 Issue Vol. 53 : 1986 (Secció de Geologia, 4) Section Articles License The intellectual property of articles belongs to the respective authors.On submitting articles for publication to the journal Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural authors accept the following terms:Authors assign to Institució de la Societat Catalana d’Història Natural (a subsidiary of Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, communication to the public and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural.Authors answer to Institució de la Societat Catalana d’Història Natural for the authorship and originality of submitted articles.Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles.Institució de la Societat Catalana d’Història Natural declines all liability for the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors.The contents published in the journal, unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd) 3.0 Spain licence, the complete text of which may be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Consequently, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate the work, provided that its authorship and the body publishing it are acknowledged, and that no commercial use and no derivative works are made of it.The journal Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of the published articles.