The 3^(rd) International Geological Congress(IGC)was held in Berlin(Germany)in 1885.The program focused on four subjects:unifying the representation of European geology,standardizing geological nomenclature,establishi...The 3^(rd) International Geological Congress(IGC)was held in Berlin(Germany)in 1885.The program focused on four subjects:unifying the representation of European geology,standardizing geological nomenclature,establishing criteria for mineralogical and paleontological nomenclature,and scientific communications and the lastest progress in Geology.During the Congress important discussions about geological representations and terminology took place.展开更多
The 15th International Geological Congress was held in South Africa in 1929.Many interesting issues were tackled,thanks to the development of geophysical techniques,ideas about magmatic differentiation,and the origin ...The 15th International Geological Congress was held in South Africa in 1929.Many interesting issues were tackled,thanks to the development of geophysical techniques,ideas about magmatic differentiation,and the origin of the Karroo System,among others.The importance of the Congress from the point of view of the history of geology lies in the fact that an‘inflection point’occurred as regards thinking about the continental drift theory that had been proposed by Wegener a few years earlier.It can be said that the contributions of Du Toit allowed a deepening in the theoretical bases of this scientific hypothesis,which celebrated its first hundred years in 2012.展开更多
文摘The 3^(rd) International Geological Congress(IGC)was held in Berlin(Germany)in 1885.The program focused on four subjects:unifying the representation of European geology,standardizing geological nomenclature,establishing criteria for mineralogical and paleontological nomenclature,and scientific communications and the lastest progress in Geology.During the Congress important discussions about geological representations and terminology took place.
文摘The 15th International Geological Congress was held in South Africa in 1929.Many interesting issues were tackled,thanks to the development of geophysical techniques,ideas about magmatic differentiation,and the origin of the Karroo System,among others.The importance of the Congress from the point of view of the history of geology lies in the fact that an‘inflection point’occurred as regards thinking about the continental drift theory that had been proposed by Wegener a few years earlier.It can be said that the contributions of Du Toit allowed a deepening in the theoretical bases of this scientific hypothesis,which celebrated its first hundred years in 2012.
