November 6 - 9
EXPLORATION METHODS ‘98 - PATHWAYS TO DISCOVERY, Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada - Organized by British Columbia & Yukon Chamber of
Mines and Society of Economic Geologists (SEG). Contact address: British
Columbia & Yukon Chamber of Mines; phone: +1 604 689 5271; fax: +1
604 681 2363; e-mail: Pathways98@bc-mining-house.com;
Internet home page: http://www.eos.ubc.ca/pathways98
*November 20-21
XXVII. KOLLOQUIUM FÜR PROSPEKTION UND EXPLORATION. "Umwelt- und
Qualitätsmanagement bei der Gewinnung und Verarbeitung mineralischer
Rohstoffe", Berlin, Germany - Contact address: Mr. Gadow, Technische Universität
Berlin, Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften I, Fachgebiet Lagerstättenforschung,
Sekr.BH 4, Ernst-Reuter-Platz 1,10587 Berlin; phone: +49 30 314 23 389;
fax:+49 30 314 26 591; e-mail: mindeposbg.tu-berlin.de
*December 14-18
EUROPEAN MINERALOGICAL UNION, 1st EMU School on Modular Aspects of
Minerals, Budapest, Hungary - Contact address: MODUL ’97 Organising Commitee,
c/o Department of Mineralogy, Eötvös L .University Budapest,
Múzeum krt. 4/A, H-1088 Hungary; fax: +36 1 266 7952; e-mail: modul97ulixes.geobio.elte.hu
*January 19-21
MINERALS COLLOQUIUM 1998, Ottawa, Canada - Contact address: Geological
Survey of Canada, Room 686, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIA
0E8; phone: +613 992 1600; fax: +613 996 9820; e-mail: colloq98gsc.nrcan.gc.ca;
internet: http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/gsc/mrd/colloq98.htm
*February 14
19TH MINERALOGICAL SYMPOSIUM, “FLUORITE AND OTHER ALPINE MINERALS“,
Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, Auburn,USA - Contact address: Robert.
B. Cook, Department of Geology, 210 Petrie
Hall, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849; phone: +334 844 4282; e-mail:
cookrobmail.Auburn.edu
*February 20
"Witwatersrand and Vredefort - Metamorphism and Mineralization", University
of Cape Town, South Africa - Organized by the Witwatersrand Interest Group
of the Mineralogical Association of South Africa, together with the Geological
Society of South Africa and possibly also the SGA. Deadline for one-page
abstracts is 15 December 1997. Contact address: Dr. Hartwig E. Frimmel,
Dept. Geological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, South
Africa; phone: +24-21-6502901; fax: +24-21-6503783: e-mail: hef@geology.uct.ac.za.
*February 23-25
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AIRBORNE ELECTROMAGNETICS, Sydney, Australia
- Contact address: Airborne EM Conference Secretariat, c/o Well Done Events,
P.O.Box 1758, North Sydney, NSW 2059, Australia; phone: +61 44 460 318;
fax: +61 44 460 319; e-mail: judyp@welldone.com.au
*February 26-28
88TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE GEOLOGISCHE VEREINIGUNG E.V., SWISS GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY, SWISS MINERALOGICAL AND PETROLOGICAL SOCIETY.“Geological Dynamics
of Alpine-type Mountain Belts - Ancient and Modern“, Berne, Switzerland.
Contact address Prof. Dr. Albert Matter, Geologisches Institut, Baltzerstrasse
1, CH-3012 Bern; phone: +41 31 631 8767; fax: +41 31 631 4843;
e-mail: amattergeo.unibe.ch.
*March 9-11
19TH INTERNATION COURSE ON GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT: "MODERN APPROACH
TO GROUNDWATER TRACER INVESTIGATIONS: METHODS AND MODELS", Zürich,
Switzerland - Contact address: Dr. Fritz Stauffer, Institute of Hydromechanics
and Water Resources Management, ETH Hönggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich,
Switzerland; phone: +41 1 633 30 79 (75); fax: +41 1 633 10 61; e-mail:
stauffer@ihw.baum.ethz.ch
*March 24-26
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COAL SEAM GAS AND OIL, Brisbane, Australia
- Contact address: Conference on Coal Seam Gas and Oil, c/o Intermedia
Convention and Event Management, P.O.Box 1280, Milton, Queensland 4064,
Australia; phone: +61 7 3369 0477; fax: +61 7 3369 1512; e-mail: csgo98im.com.au
March 30-April 3
9TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON WATER-ROCK INTERACTION, Taupo, New Zealand
- Contact address: Dr. B.W. Robinson, Wairakei Research Center, Institute
of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, P.B. 2000, Taupo, New Zealand; phone:
+64 7 374 8211; fax: +64 7 374 8199; e-mail: wri9@cns.cri.nz
April 13-17 SGA-COSPONSORED
7TH INTERNATIONAL KIMBERLITE CONFERENCE, Cape Town, South Africa -
Pre- and post-conference field trips: 6-12 and 19-24 April - Contact address:
James Gurney, 7IKC, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Cape Town,
PB, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa; fax: +27 21 650 3783; e-mail: 7IKC@GEOLOGY.
UCT. AC.ZA; internet: http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/geolsci/7IKC/
*April 14-17
MAGMATISM AND MINERALIZATION IN ARCS AND OCEAN BASINS, WITHIN
GEOSCIENCE 98, Keele University, Staffordshire, U.K. - Contact address:
Dr. P. T. Leat (principal convenor), British Antarctic Survey, Madingley
Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK; phone: +44 1223 25 14 32; fax: +44 1223 36
26 16; e-mail: p.leat@bas.ac.uk
April 14-18
GEOSCIENCE 98, Keele University, Staffordshire, U.K. - Contact address:
The Conference Dept., The Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly,
London, WIV OJU; phone: +44 171 434 9944; fax: +44 171 439 8975; e-mail:
conf@geolsoc.cityscape.co.uk
*April 20-24
EUROPEAN GEOPHYSICAL SOCIETY. DEGASSING OF HIGH-LEVEL MAGMA CHAMBRES
AND THE EVOLUTION OF HYDROTHERMAL-MAGMATIC SYSTEMS, Pisa, Italy. Call for
papers - Contact address: Paolo Fulignati, Dipartimento di Scienze della
Terra, Universita di Pisa, Italy; phone: +39 50 847274; fax: +39 50 500675;
e-mail: fulignatidst.unipi.it
*May 13-15
IV INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE MINING INDUSTRY,
Santiago, Chile - During EXPOMIN'98. Contact address: M. Sanchez, Dept.
Metallurgical Eng., Universidad de Concepcion, Casilla 53.C, Concepcion,
Chile; phone: +56 41 204241; fax: +56 41 243418; e-mail: msanchez@buho.dpi.udec.cl;
internet: http://www.met.udec.cl/eventos.html
May 15-17
MINERALOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA SHORT COURSE, "MINERALIZED PORPHYRY-SKARN
SYSTEMS", Quebec, Canada - Contact address: David Lentz, New Brunswick
Geological Surveys, PO Box 50, 495 Riverside Drive, Bathurst, N.B., Canada
E2A 3Z1; phone +1 506 547 2070; fax: +1 506 547 7694; e-mail: dlentz@gov.nb.ca
*May 18-20
SWEMP 98, FIFTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND
WASTE MANAGEMENT IN ENERGY AND MINERAL PRODUCTION, Ankara, Turkey. First
announcement and call for papers - Contact address: Prof. Gunhan Pasamehmetoglu,
Mining engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, ODTU,06531
Ankara, Turkey; phone: +90 312 210 2654; fax: +90 312 210 1265; e-mail:
gunhanrorqual.cc.metu.edu.tr
May 18-20
GAC-MAC 98, Special Session on Ore Deposits in Mafic and Ultramafic
Rocks, Quebec City, Canada - Contact address: Sarah-Jane Barnes, Université
du Quebec à Chicoutimi.
*June 1-3 SGA-SPONSORED
5TH ANNUAL SHORT COURSE ON "MAGMATISM, VOLCANISM AND METALLOGENY",
Brest, France - Organized by Steve Scott (University of Toronto), Thierry
Juteau (l'Universite de Bretagne Occidentale: UBO) and Yves Fouquet
(IFREMER). Other instructors include Nick Arndt (Rennes University), Harold
Gibson (Laurentian University), Roger Hekinian (IFREMER) and Rene Maury
(UBO). Sponsored by the SGA, IFREMER, Conseil General du Finistere and
UBO. Contact address: Professor Thierry Juteau, Dépt. des Sciences
de la Terre, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, 6 avenue Le Gorgeu,
B.P. 809, 29285 Brest Cedex, France; phone: +33 298 01 61 75; fax +33 298
01 66 20; e-mail: juteau@univ-brest.fr
*June 1-4
PACROFI VII, PAN AMERICAN CURRENT RESEARCH ON FLUID INCLUSIONS, Las
Vegas, Nevada, USA - Contact address: UNLV Continuing Education / PACROFI
VII, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 451019, Las Vegas, NV 89154-1019, USA;
phone: +1 702 895 3394; fax: +1 702 895 4195; e-mail: baker@ccmail.nevada.edu
*June 3-5
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM CORDILLERA DE LOS ANDES. GEOLOGICAL AND MINING
POTENTIAL.THE NEW TECTONIC AND METALLOGENIC APPROACH, Mendoza-Argentina
- Contact address GRK Catamarca 31, Piso 12, Depto.D, 5500-Mendoza-Argentina;
phone: +54 61 200673; fax: +54 61 202330; e-mail: grkpsarg.com
June 29-July 2 SGA-COSPONSORED
8TH IAGOD/CODMUR INTERNATIONAL PLATINUM SYMPOSIUM WITH THE THEME "PLATINUM
- GENESIS TO BENEFICIATION", Rustenburg, South Africa - Excursions to the
Great Dyke, Zimbabwe, Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Contact address:
Mrs Elmarie Walker, Conference Co-ordinator, South African Institute of
Mining and Metallurgy, PO Box 61127, Marshalltown 2107, South Africa; phone:
+27 11 834 1273/7; fax: +27 11 838 5923; e-mail: saimm@iafrica.com
*July 7-10
GEOCONGRESS 98, Pretoria, South Africa - Contact address: Secretary
of Geocongress ’98, P.O.Box 798, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa; fax:
+12 841 1221; e-mail: eaucamp@geoscience.org.za
*August 5-8
COM/IMA/MAC SHORT COURSE, MODERN APPROACHES TO ORE AND ENVIRONMENTAL
MINERALOGY, Ottawa and Guelph, Canada - Contact address: Louis J. Cabri;
phone: 1-613-995-4073 CANMET; fax: 1-613-996-9673 555 Booth Street; e-mail:
lcabri@nrcan.gc.ca Ottawa, CANADA
K1A 0G1
August 10-14 SGA-COSPONSORED
IMA '98 (17TH GENERAL MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL MINERALOGICAL ASSOCIATION),
Toronto, Canada - Contact address: Dr. Eva Schandl, Secretary to Organising
Committee, Dept. of Geology, University of Toronto, Earth Sciences Centre,
22 Russell Street, Toronto ON, M5S 3B1 Canada; phone: +1 416 978 7084;
fax: +1 416 978 3938; e-mail: ima@quartz.
geology.utoronto.ca. First circular with response form are available
on the IMA98 web site at: http://www
.geology.utoronto.ca/IMA98.
Within IMA '98 a symposium, cosponsored by SGA, will be held in honor
to Tony Naldrett on the theme "Mineral Deposits Associated with Mafic and
Ultramafic Rocks", Toronto, 10-15 August 1998. (Organizer: Prof. C. Michael
Lesher, Department of Geology, 202 Bevill Research Building, University
of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0338 USA.
August SGA-COSPONSORED
10TH QUADRIENNIAL IAGOD SYMPOSIUM, Broken Hill, Australia - Contact
address: Prof. I. Plimer, Dept. of Geology, University of Melbourne, Parkville,
Vic 3052, Australia; phone: +61 3 344 6520; fax: +61 3 344 7761; e-mail:
ian_plimer@muwayf.
unimelb.edu.au
*September 1-12 SGA-COSPONSORED
INTERNATIONAL IGCP-373 FIELD CONFERENCE, ANATOMY AND TEXTURES OF ORE-BEARING
GRANITOIDS OF SIKHOTE-ALIN (PRIMORYE REGION, RUSSIA) AND RELATED MINERALIZATION,
Vladivostok, Russia - Contact address: Dr. Galina Gonevchuk, far East Geological
Institute of FEB of Russian Academy of Sciences, 159, Prospect 100-letya,
Vladivostok, 690022, Russia; phone; +7 4232 318 750; fax: +7 4232 31 78
47; e-mail: fegi@online.marine.su
or Dr. Reimar Seltmann, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ) Telegrafenberg
A50, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany; phone: +49 331 288 1433; fax: +49 331 288
1436; e-mail: setm@gfz-potsdam.de
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*September 21-24
IGCP 373 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, GENETIC SIGNIFICANCE OF PHOSPHOROUS
IN FRACTIONATED GRANITES, Perslák, Czech Republic - Contact address:
Karel Breiter, Czech Geological Survey, Geologická 6, 152 00 Praha
5, Czech Republic; phone/fax: 420 2 581 73 90; e-mail: breiter@cgu.cz;
internet: http://www.cgu.cz/p/p.htm
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