International Geosciences and Geoparks Programme Project Proposal Call
International Geosciences and Geoparks Programme Project Proposal Call. More information about the call
The East African Rift: Tectonics, Magmatism and Natural Hazards
Special Issue “The East African Rift: Tectonics, Magmatism and Natural Hazards”. More information about the call
Colloquium Magmatisme, Métamorphisme et Minéralisations Associées
Colloquium Magmatisme, Métamorphisme et Minéralisations Associées (3MA-11), April 23-24, 2019 El Jadida, Morocco. Abstracts submission : 15 January 2019. More information
The 5th edition of Mauritanides 2018
The 5th edition of Mauritanides 2018 11-13 December 2018 – Nouakchott, Mauritania Mauritanides is foremost event for companies seeking to invest in Mining and Oil & Gas industry in Mauritania and that region. The GSAf encourage its members to attend such event. The GSAf is supported and sponsored the Mauritanides 2018 and as result, our members have 10% discount the conference registration (contact us to discount code). Key facts about Mauritanides: Established biennial event held since 2010 with conference and exhibitions www.kochamzegarki.pl Two key areas…
A code for geoscientific fieldwork in Nigeria and Africa: Guidelines on health and safety issues in mapping, mineral exploration, geoecological research and geotourism
A code for geoscientific fieldwork in Nigeria and Africa: Guidelines on health and safety issues in mapping, mineral exploration, geoecological research and geotourism. PRINCESS ALEXANDRIA AUDITORIUM (PAA), UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA, 06 – 09 NOVEMBER, 2018 http://geoscienceconference.unn.edu.ng/ The need to reinforce health and safety management issues in geoscientific and geoecological fieldwork in Africa is urgent. This is exemplified from the recurrent reports of missing participants, unsavory accounts of encounters with village heads, municipal authorities or section chiefs, motor vehicle accidents, hunting accidents, kidnappings, armed robberies,…
WELCOME TO FEZ, MOROCCO (CAG28)
In 2020, we have a great chance to visit and meet at the “geologist’s paradise”. By Prof. Youssef Driouch The next Colloquium of African Geology (CAG 28) will be held at Fez University (Morocco). Morocco situated at the NW corner of African continent is close to Europe and Middle East. Morocco is called “Geologist’s Paradise” (Géologues. SGF, n° 194. September 2017) because of: 1) the diversity of very well outcropping terranes spanning from Archean to Quaternary; 2) the location at a triple junction between Africa,…
27th Colloquium of African Geology (CAG27) and 17th Conference of the Geological Society of Africa (GSAf17)
From 21 to 28 of July, 2018, more than 250 scientists from Africa and all over the world attended the27th Colloquium of African Geology (CAG27) and 17th Conference of the Geological Society of Africa (GSAf17) which were held at the University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal. This event was sponsored by the Universidade de Aveiro and the GeoBioTec Research Centre, under the auspices of the Geological Society of Africa. The event was an opportunity to continue the scientific exchanges between researchers from all over the world…
New Newsletter editor
Since 2011, Prof. Lopo Vasconcelos acts as GSAf’s newsletter editor and information officer for the society. During his service, Prof. Vasconcelos produced 118 issue of the newsletter. In 2018, Prof. Vasconcelos decided to retire from the editor position. The GSAf thanks Prof. Vasconcelos for his time that was given to serve the society. The GSAf council nominated Dr. Tamer Abu-Alam (the Councillor for Northern Africa) to replace Prof Lopo Vasconcelos as the new GSAf’s newsletter editor and information officer. The GSAf General Assembly unanimously agreed…
A New frame of the GSAf’s Newsletter
After a discussion of the Geological Society of Africa’s council, the council decided to publish the newsletter regularly four times per year (March, June, September, and December). The society will communicate with its members weekly throughout automatic emails that contain important information. As a result, the council is working now to clean up the member database and design a new website. The council encourages the members to contribute to the newsletter and the weekly news emails. Current newsletter issue
GSAf Fellowship Award
The GSAf is pleased to announce that Prof. Felix Toteu, Prof. Aberra Mogessie and Prof. Lopo Vasconcelos received GSAf Fellowship Award for their contributions to the growth and activities of the GSAf. Since their contributions to the society cannot be covered in an issue, their contributions to Africa and Earth sciences will be in the focus of the next issues of the newsletter. GSAf Fellowship Award. From left to right: Prof. Lopo Vasconcelos, Prof. Aberra Mogessie, Prof. Gbenga Okunlola (President of GSAf) and Prof. Felix…