Geochemical Society

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The Geochemical Society is a nonprofit and international scientific society for the purpose of encouraging the application of chemistry to solve problems involving geology and cosmology. Their offices are located in the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department at Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri.

1 Affiliations
2 Organization and meetings
3 Membership
4 Publications
5 External links

[edit] Affiliations

The Geochemical Society is affiliated with both the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the International Union of Geological Sciences

[edit] Organization and meetings

The Geochemical Society is run by a board of directors who meet annually. The next meeting will be at the 17th annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, being held from August 19-24 2007 at the University of Cologne. This year, the society is co-sponsoring the conference, along with the European Association for Geochemistry.

[edit] Membership

The Geochemical Society lists that members come from "such fields as organic geochemistry, high and low-temperature geochemistry, petrology, meteoritics, fluid-rock interaction, and isotope geochemistry". Membership costs are $30 a year for a Professional, $10 a year for Student, and $12 a year for Senior. Membership includes a subscription to Elements and also offers discounts on their various publications.