Christoph SPÖTL
Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie, Univ. Innsbruck
Innrain 52, A-6020 Innsbruck
Tel.: +43 - (0)1 - 7125674 - 0, FAX: +43 - (0)1 - 7125674 - 56
email: oegg@geologie.ac.at
http://www.geol-ges.at
The Austrian Geological Society (AGS), established in 1907, is a non-profit
organisation whose objective is to advance the science of geology, especially
the geology of the Austrian Alps and the surrounding areas. AGS is a national
society with three regional sections and eight specialised divisions.
Membership is open to anyone with an interest in Earth sciences and presently
stands at more than 700 members and student members, 150 of them from
outside Austria. The annual fee for Austrians is ATS 400.-, for people
from outside Austria ATS 460.-.
The annual journal named "Mitteilungen der Österreichischen
Geologischen Gesellschaft" is free to all members and is used also
for publication exchange with 150 institutions and societies worldwide.
Additionally AGS publishes a newsletter twice a year which informs members
about newsworthy geological events and developments in Austria and adjacent
countries. Details of upcoming field trips and meetings are also given.
AGS usually conducts two field trips a year with published field guidebooks.
AGS is affiliated to AAPG and was the host society for the 1997 AAPG International
Conference & Exhibition in Vienna which was the largest AAPG meeting
(1956 participants) outside the U. S. to date. Currently, AGS is organizing
its next meeting with a joint-venture with the Carpathian-Balkan-Geological
Association. For this event approx. 500 participants are expected in August
1998 in Vienna.
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