Association of Applied Geochemists

Association of Applied GeochemistsAbbreviation| AAG

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Formation| 1970; 56 years ago
Type| INGO

Region served

| Worldwide

Official language

| English, French
Website| AAG Official website

The Association of Applied Geochemists (AAG) is an international society that seeks to advance the study and application of geochemistry and represents scientists working in that field.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Membership
* 3 Activities
* 3.1 Symposia
* 3.2 Publications
* 3.3 Awards
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## History

The society was founded in 1970 as the Association of Exploration Geochemists.[1]

## Membership

Members of the society are required to have worked in geochemistry for at least two years at the time of application; student members are admitted if they are enrolled in courses recognised by the Association. To become a voting member, or fellow, members must satisfy the society that they have adequate training and experience in the field.[2] Membership in the society has been used to measure total numbers of working geochemists.[3]

## Activities

### Symposia

The Association organizes a series of biennial International Applied Geochemistry Symposia (titled the International Geochemical Exploration Symposium until 2005), held recently in Oviedo, Spain,[4] and Perth, Australia.[5]

### Publications

Shortly after its inauguration the society began publishing the Journal of Exploration Geochemistry in 1972.[6] Today the society's flagship journal is Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, co-published with the Geological Society of London.[7] The journal covers fields relating to the application of geochemistry to the exploration and study of mineral resources. It aims to promote interchange between exploration and environmental geochemistry.[8] The journal is a hybrid open-access journal, publishing both subscription and open access articles. It also publishes Explore, a newsletter, and co-publishes Elements,[9] a membership magazine.

### Awards

The Society awards the AAG Gold Medal to recognize a lifetime's achievement in or outstanding contribution to applied geochemistry.[10] It also offers an annual student paper prize to reward student contributors of outstanding papers on geochemistry.[11]

## References

1. ↑ "Alma Resources Welcomes Art Soregaroli to the Advisory Board". Alma Resources Ltd.. December 13, 2006. http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Alma-Resources-Ltd-TSX-VENTURE-ALV-627050.html.
2. ↑ "Membership". Association of Applied Geochemistry. http://www.appliedgeochemists.org/membership.html.
3. ↑ Govett, G.J.S. (1986). "Geochemistry: its achievements and potential in mineral exploration". in Thornton, Iain. Applied Geochemistry in the 1980s. Springer. p. 23. ISBN 0-86010-796-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=05LGjwCXc3cC.
4. ↑ "The 23rd IAGS Symposium". University of Oviedo. http://www.uniovi.es/IAGS2007/.
5. ↑ "IGES 2005". Promaco. http://www.uniovi.es/IAGS2007/.
6. ↑ Siegel, Frederic R. (1975). Applied Geochemistry. Wiley. p. 3. ISBN 0-471-79095-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=sKXPAAAAIAAJ.
7. ↑ Moon, Charles J. (2006). Introduction to Mineral Exploration. Blackwell. p. 178. ISBN 1-4051-1317-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=PWX2GGdc-a0C.
8. ↑ "Geochemistry: Environment, Analysis, Exploration.". The Geological Society. http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/geea.
9. ↑ "About Elements Magazine". Elements Magazine. http://www.elementsmagazine.org/aboutelements.htm.
10. ↑ "AAG Gold medal". Association of Applied Geochemists. http://www.appliedgeochemists.org/awards/aw_gold_medal.html.
11. ↑ "Student Paper Prize". Association of Applied Geochmists. http://www.appliedgeochemists.org/students/student_paper.html.

## External links

* Geochemistry: Environment, Analysis, Exploration journal

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