Abstract: In the recent years, UNESCO shows its new trend for the application of the world natural heritages, that is the geological value and ecological value of a heritage are strengthened much more than before. China has a striking diversity in the geological and geomorphological types, and so it is significant for the application for the world heritage to set up the concept of geological heritage and strengthen its research. The concept of geological heritage is drawn based on the related conceptions of natural heritages, geological sites, and geoparks. Thinking of that many cultural heritages in China directly depend on the geological basis also with higher geological value, the paper still clearly brings forward the concept of cultural heritage with geological basis, and treats them as a special kind of geological heritage.

Key words: geological heritage, world heritage, cultural heritage with geological basis

摘要： 近几年来，联合国教科文组织在世界自然遗产申报中，出现了偏重遗产的地质学、生态学等科学价值的趋势。中国具有突出的地质地貌类型的多样性，因此，建立“地质遗产”这一专门概念，进一步加强中国地质遗产的研究，对于未来中国更有成效地申报世界遗产具有重要现实意义。借鉴了国际上已被广泛采用的自然遗产、地质遗址、地质公园等相关概念，提出“地质遗产”的概念。中国有许多文化遗产直接依托于具有较高地质学价值的环境地质本底之上，这一点有别于其他国家，尤其是以文化遗产占据绝对数量的欧洲国家。考虑到这一特点，作者提出了中国一类特殊的“地质本底文化遗产”，将其作为中国地质遗产的一部分。

关键词: 地质遗产, 世界遗产, 地质本底文化遗产