List of geoscience organizations

This is a list of geoscience organizations, including such fields of geosciences as geology, geophysics, hydrology, oceanography, petrophysics, and related fields. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Intercontinental organizations

• Anthropocene Working Group
• Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG)
• Association of Applied Geochemists
• Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society
• Geochemical Society
• International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment
• International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG)
• International Association of Cryospheric Sciences
• International Association of GeoChemistry
• International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy
• International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS/AISH)
• International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI) – International non-governmental organization
• International Association for the Conservation of Geological Heritage ProGEO
• International Centre for Diffraction Data
• International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) – Non-governmental geological organization
• International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences
• International Continental Scientific Drilling Program
• International Geoscience Programme
• International Glaciological Society (IGS) – International glaciology academic organization
• International Mineralogical Association
• International Organization for Biological Crystallization
• International Permafrost Association
• International Union for Quaternary Research
• International Union of Crystallography
• International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) – International non-governmental organization ^[1]
• International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) – International non-governmental organization
  • Geoscience Education, Training and Technology Transfer
• International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) – International scientific union
• OneGeology
• Paleontological Society (PS)
• Seismological Society of America (SSA) – International scientific society
• 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

Africa

• Council for Geoscience (CGS) – South African national science council
• Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA)
• Geological Survey of Tanzania
• Nigerian Geological Survey Agency
• Zimbabwe Geological Survey

Asia

• Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) ^[4]
• Central Geological Survey (CGS) – Government agency in Taiwan
• Centre for Earthquake Studies – Pakistan
• Crystallographic Society of Japan – Japan
• The Chamber of Geophysical Engineers of Turkey
• China Geological Survey (GSC) – Chinese government agency
• Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (CAGS)
• Faculty of Earth Sciences, King Abdulaziz University – Saudi Arabia
• Geological Society of Malaysia ^[5]
• Geological Society of Sri Lanka
• Geological Survey of Bangladesh
• Geological Survey of Japan
• Geological Survey of Pakistan (GSP) – Government agency
• Israel Geological Society
• Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
• Saudi Geological Survey (SGS) – Saudi Arabian department
• Seismological Society of Japan
• Instituto de Geociências de Timor-Leste (IGTL) ^[6]

India

• Geological Society of India
• Geological Survey of India  – Government of India organization
• National Geophysical Research Institute
• Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology

Europe

• Albanian Geological Survey
• Czech Geological Society
• European Association of Geochemistry
• European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) – Professional organization for geoscientists and engineers
• European Association of Science Editors (EASE)
• European Crystallographic Association
• European Federation of Geologists (EFG)
• European Geosciences Union (EGU) – International science society
• GeoEcoMar – Romania
• Geologica Belgica – Belgian scientific journal published by the University of Liège Library
• Geological Survey of Austria (GBA)
• Geological Survey of Belgium (GSB)
• Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
• Geological Survey of Finland
• Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) – Norwegian government agence
• Geological Survey of Slovenia
• Geologiska föreningen – Sweden
• German Crystallographic Society
• German Geophysical Society (DGG; German : Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft)
• German Mineralogical Society (DMG; German: Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft)
• Iceland GeoSurvey
• National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) – Research institute in Italy

British Isles

• Belfast Naturalists' Field Club – Northern Ireland
• British Crystallographic Association
• British Geological Survey (BGS)
• British Organic Geochemical Society (BOGS)
• British Society for Geomorphology
• Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre – England
• Edinburgh Geological Society – Scotland
• Geological Curators' Group – England
• Geological Society of Glasgow – Scotland
• Geological Society of London (GSL) – England ^[1]
• Geological Survey of Ireland
• Geologists' Association (GA)
  • Rockwatch
• Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
• Institute of Theoretical Geophysics
• Institution of Mining and Metallurgy
• Oxford Geology Group
• Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland
• Palaeontographical Society
• Palaeontological Association (PalAss) – Charitable organization
• Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) – British learned society and charity
• Royal Geological Society of Cornwall (RGSC) – England
• Royal Geological Society of Ireland
• School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh – Scotland
• Sedgwick Club – University of Cambridge, England
• South Wales Geologists' Association (SWGA) – Wales
• Westmorland Geological Society – England
• Yorkshire Geological Society – England

France

• Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières
• École Nationale Supérieure de Géologie
• French Crystallographic Association
• Société géologique de France

Russia

• Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Russian Mineralogical Society
• Siberian Research Institute of Geology, Geophysics and Mineral Resources
• Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum-Gas Geology and Geophysics
• V. S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy

Americas

• Institute on Lake Superior Geology – US and Canada (Lake Superior region)
• Mexican Geological Society (SGM) – Mexican learned society
• National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) – North American organization
• Pan American Institute of Geography and History

Canada

• Alberta Geological Survey
  • Mineral Core Research Facility
• Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario
• Atlantic Geoscience Society
• CAMESE (Canadian Association of Mining Equipment and Services for Export) – Trade organization based in Mississauga, Ontario
• Canadian Geophysical Union
• Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM)
• Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists  – Canadian professional society
• Decennial Mineral Exploration Conferences (DMEC)
• Geological Association of Canada
• Geological Survey of Canada (GAC) – Government agency ^[1]
• Geological Survey of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Lithoprobe (dissolved)
• Ontario Geological Survey
• Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC)

Central and South America

• Colegio de Geólogos – Chile

• Colombian Geological Survey
• Costa Rican Directorate of Geology and Mines
• INGEMMET – Peru
• National Geology and Mining Service – Chile
• Servicio Geológico Minero – Argentina
• Sociedad Geológica del Perú
• Sociedade Brasileira de Geofísica – Brazil
• UWI Seismic Research Centre – Trinidad

United States

• American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) – Professional geological association
• American Crystallographic Association
• American Gem Society (AGS), also known as American Gemological Society – American trade association
• American Geosciences Institute (AGI) – Nonprofit scientific federation including around 50 geoscientific organizations founded in 1948
• American Geophysical Union (AGU) – Nonprofit organization of geophysicists
• American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, also known as Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME)
• American Quaternary Association
• Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), also known as American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
• Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists (AEG)
• The Clay Minerals Society (CMS)
• Earth Science Women's Network (ESWN) ^[7]
• Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS)
• Gemological Institute of America (GIA) – Research institute in Carlsbad, California
• Geological Society of America (GSA) – Nonprofit organization dedicated to geoscience
• Geoscience Information Society (GSIS)
• Keck Geology Consortium
• Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory
• Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) – Scientific organization promoting mineralogy
• National Association of Black Geologists and Geophysicists (NABGG) ^[8]
• National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics
• National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) – Program to understand and manage US soils
• National Speleological Society (NSS) – Organization for exploration, conservation, and study of caves in the United States
• Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) – U.S. non-profit organization
• Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) – American scientific organization
  • National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists (NSCSS) – dissolved
• United States Earth Science Organization (USESO)
• United States Geological Survey (USGS) – Scientific agency of the US government
  • United States Geological Survey Library

Regional US

• Arizona Geological Society
• Arkansas Geological Survey
• Berkeley Geochronology Center
• California Geological Survey
• Delaware Geological Survey
• Delaware Mineralogical Society
• Geological Society of Washington (GSW) – Learned society for geology
• Indiana Geological and Water Survey
• Jackson School of Geosciences – University of Texas at Austin
• Kansas Geological Survey
• Kentucky Geological Survey
• Louisiana Geological Survey
• Michigan Geological Survey
• Mineral Core Research Facility
• Minnesota Geological Survey
• New York Mineralogical Club
• Oklahoma Geological Survey
• Oregon State Board of Geologist Examiners (OSBGE)
• Pacific Section
• Pennsylvania Geological Survey
• Pittsburgh Association of Petroleum Geologists (PAPG)
• Pittsburgh Geological Society (PGS)
• Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists (RMAG) – Non-profit organisation in Denver, Colorado
• Southern California Earthquake Center
• Utah Geological Survey

Oceania

• Australian Geoscience Council Inc (AGC) - Umbrella organisation - Australian non-profit
• Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG) - Australian non-profit
• Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) - Australian non-profit
• Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (ASEG) - Australian non-profit
• Geological Society of Australia (GSA) – Australian non-profit ^[1]
• Geoscience Australia  – Agency of the Australian Government
• Geological Survey of Queensland
• Geological Survey of South Australia
• Geological Survey of Victoria
• Geological Survey of Western Australia
• GNS Science – New Zealand
• Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA) - Australian non-profit
• The Australian and New Zealand Geomorphology Group (ANZGG) - Trans-Tasman non-profit

References

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2. "Geoscience Links: Organizations". Geological Society of America. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
3. "Geoscience Professional Societies & Organizations". Geology.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
4. "AOGS Society". asiaoceania.org. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
5. "Welcome to the Geological Society of Malaysia - Geological Society of Malaysia". gsm.org.my. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
6. Bem-vindo ao Instituto de Geociências de Timor-Leste (IGTL) https://igtl.tl/
7. "Building community to advance women in the geosciences through the Earth Science Women's Network" (PDF). The Geological Society of America. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
8. "National Association of Black Geoscientists – The National Association of Black Geoscientists". www.nabg-us.org. Retrieved 2023-12-11.