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A Community of Organic Geochemistry by Keith A. Kvenvolden |
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Organic Geochemistry has been organized and recognized as a geoscience for about 40 years. It was built, in part, upon the nascent field of petroleum geochemistry, which held its first organized meeting in June of 1959 during the 5th World Petroleum Congress in New York City. This meeting "General Petroleum Geochemistry Symposium" was organized by Bart Nagy, Ed Baker, and Paul Witherspoon and held at Fordham University. A Gordon Research Conference "Origin of Petroleum", co-chaired by Harold Smith and Fred Rossini, followed in 1963 at Tilton School, New Hampshire. From 1964 to 1967, additional conferences in "Geochemistry" were held at the Tilton School. Meanwhile, the Organic Geochemistry Division (O. G. D.) of The Geochemical Society was formed in November of 1960 on the occasion of the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America. By early 1961, the group had almost 200 members and was recognized as an integral part of The Geochemical Society.  Maastricht, The Netherlands, site of the 1997 International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry In September of 1962, the 1st International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry was held in Milan, Italy, where 120 geochemists and others from Europe, America, Africa, and Asia were present. As of the year 2000, there will have been 19 International Meetings, the latest held in Istanbul, Turkey, in September of 1999.  Holderness School, New Hampshire, site of the Gordon Research Conferences Gordon Research Conferences, devoted specifically to Organic Geochemistry, began in 1968 and have continued to be held every other year. A listing of these International Meetings and Gordon Research Conferences is recorded here.
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URL: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/geochem_history/history.htm
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