Association of Applied Geochemists

Association of Applied GeochemistsAbbreviation| AAG

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Formation| 1970
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.

## History

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

## Membership

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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

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### Symposia

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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

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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

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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

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1. ^ "Alma Resources Welcomes Art Soregaroli to the Advisory Board". Alma Resources Ltd. December 13, 2006. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
2. ^ "Membership". Association of Applied Geochemistry. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
3. ^ Govett, G.J.S. (1986). "Geochemistry: its achievements and potential in mineral exploration". In Thornton, Iain (ed.). Applied Geochemistry in the 1980s. Springer. p. 23\. ISBN 0-86010-796-5.
4. ^ "The 23rd IAGS Symposium". University of Oviedo. Archived from the original on 4 February 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
5. ^ "IGES 2005". Promaco. Archived from the original on 4 February 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
6. ^ Siegel, Frederic R. (1975). Applied Geochemistry. Wiley. p. 3\. ISBN 0-471-79095-8.
7. ^ Moon, Charles J. (2006). Introduction to Mineral Exploration. Blackwell. p. 178\. ISBN 1-4051-1317-0.
8. ^ "Geochemistry: Environment, Analysis, Exploration". The Geological Society. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
9. ^ "About Elements Magazine". Elements Magazine. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
10. ^ "AAG Gold medal". Association of Applied Geochemists.
11. ^ "Student Paper Prize". Association of Applied Geochmists.

## External links

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* Geochemistry: Environment, Analysis, Exploration journal

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* United States
* Czech Republic
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