List of geoscience organizations
This is a list of organizations dealing with the various geosciences, including geology, geophysics, hydrology, oceanography, petrophysics, and related fields.[1][2][3]
- American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) – voluntary association
- American Gem Society (AGS), also known as American Gemological Society – American trade association
- American Geosciences Institute (AGI) – nonprofit federation of geoscientific and professional organizations
- American Geophysical Union (AGU) – Nonprofit organization of geophysicists
- Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), also known as American Society of Limnology and Oceanography – Scientific society
- Arizona Geological Society (AGS) – Non-profit scientific organization
- Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG)
- Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists (AEG) – American professional organization
- Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario
- British Geological Survey (BGS) – Geological survey
- British Organic Geochemical Society (BOGS)
- CAMESE – Trade organization based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada (Canadian Association of Mining Equipment and Services for Export)
- Canadian Geophysical Union – Canadian organization
- Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) – Canadian mining organization
- Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists
- Central Geological Survey (CGS) – Government agency in Taiwan
- Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (CAGS) – geological research institute
- The Clay Minerals Society (CMS)
- Council for Geoscience (CGS) – South African national science council
- Decennial Mineral Exploration Conferences (DMEC) – Canadian voluntary association
- German Geophysical Society (DGG), also known as Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft – voluntary association,
- Edinburgh Geological Society – scientific society
- Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS) – American organization
- European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) – Professional organization for geoscientists and engineers
- European Association of Science Editors (EASE)
- European Geosciences Union (EGU) – non-profit international union in the fields of Earth, planetary, and space sciences
- Geological Society of America (GSA) – Nonprofit organization dedicated to geoscience
- Geological Society of Australia (GSA)
- Geological Society of Glasgow – Scottish scientific organization (Scotland)
- Geological Society of India
- Geological Society of London (GSL) – Learned society
- Geological Society of Washington (GSW) – Learned society for geology
- Geological Survey of Austria (GBA) – geologic survey of Austria
- Geological Survey of Belgium (GSB) – National geological agency
- Geological Survey of Canada – Government agency
- China Geological Survey (GSC) – geological survey of China
- Geological Survey of India – Government of India organization
- Geological Survey of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Geological Survey of Pakistan (GSP)
- Geologists' Association (GA) – British geological organisation
- Gemological Institute of America (GIA) – Research institute in Carlsbad, California
- Geoscience Australia – Agency of the Australian Government
- Geoscience Information Society (GSIS)
- International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS/AISH)
- International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG)
- International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI) – International non-governmental organization
- International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) – Non-governmental geological organization
- International Glaciological Society (IGS) – International glaciology academic organization
- International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) – International non-governmental organization
- International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) – International non-governmental organization
- International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) – International scientific union
- Mexican Geological Society (SGM)
- Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) – American scientific member organization
- National Association of Black Geologists and Geophysicists (NABGG)
- National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) – North American organization
- National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) – Program to understand and manage US soils
- National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) – research institute in Italy (Italy)
- National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists (NSCSS)
- National Speleological Society (NSS) – Organization for exploration, conservation, and study of caves in the United States
- Geological Survey of Norway (NGU)
- Oregon State Board of Geologist Examiners (OSBGE)
- Palaeontographical Society – learned society
- Palaeontological Association (PalAss) – Charitable organization
- Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) – U.S. non-profit organization
- Paleontological Society (PS)
- Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC)
- Pittsburgh Association of Petroleum Geologists (PAPG)
- Pittsburgh Geological Society (PGS)
- Rockwatch – junior club of the Geologists' Association
- Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists (RMAG) – Non-profit organisation in Denver, Colorado
- Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) – British learned society and charity
- Royal Geological Society of Cornwall (RGSC)
- Saudi Geological Survey (SGS)
- Seismological Society of America (SSA) – International scientific society
- American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (SME), also known as Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration – Professional organization
- Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) – Non-profit scientific society
- Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) – Scientific society
- Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) – Nonprofit geoscience organization
- Society of Mineral Museum Professionals (SMMP) – Professional organization
- Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA)
- Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) – American professional organization
- Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) – American scientific organization
- South Wales Geologists' Association (SWGA)
- United States Geological Survey (USGS) – Scientific agency of the United States government
References
- ^ "International geoscience organizations". International Section. The Geological Society of America. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ^ "Geoscience Links: Organizations". Geological Society of America. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ^ "Geoscience Professional Societies & Organizations". Geology.com. Retrieved 25 November 2013.