International geology congress
The International geologists Congress ( International Geological Congress , IGC ) is a since 1878 taking place international congress of geologists , all three held to five years in changing countries and is organized by the local geologists and geological societies. It is a non-profit organization that works closely with the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS).
The congress goes back to the initiative of James Hall , who thought an international meeting of North American and European colleagues was necessary and founded a founding committee in Philadelphia in 1875, which approached the French government to organize a geology congress as part of the 1878 World's Fair in Paris.
The congresses were mostly connected with geological excursions organized by the geological associations of the organizing countries, about which excursion reports were then published.
International geology congresses
- 1878 Paris
- 1881 Bologna
- 1884 Berlin
- 1888 London
- 1891 Washington DC
- 1894 Zurich
- 1897 Saint Petersburg (7th Congress)
- 1900 Paris
- 1903 Vienna
- 1906 Mexico City
- 1910 Stockholm
- 1913 Toronto
- 1922 Brussels
- 1926 Madrid
- 1929 Pretoria
- 1933 Washington DC
- 1937 Moscow
- 1948 London
- 1952 Algiers
- 1956 Mexico City (20th Congress)
- 1960 Copenhagen
- 1964 New Delhi
- 1968 Prague
- 1972 Montreal
- 1976 Sydney
- 1980 Paris
- 1984 Moscow
- 1989 Washington DC
- 1992 Kyoto
- 1996 Beijing
- 2000 Rio de Janeiro (31st Congress)
- 2004 Florence
- 2008 Oslo
- 2012 Brisbane
- 2016 Cape Town
- 2020 New Delhi (the congress planned for March has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ official webpage of the congress , accessed on February 26, 2020