Subcommission on Geo-Collections
The Subcomisión on Geo-Collections forms part of the International Commission on Geoheritage, which is, in turn, a scientific Commission established by the International Union of Geological Sciences.
Geo-Collections contain physical specimens and their metadata that are crucial for understanding Earth and the extraterrestrial bodies. GeoCollections educate and inspire the public, preserve the planetary record for future generations, while also enable research. They provide a foundation for understanding Earth processes on all time and space scales, from the microscopic to the planetary. They underlie research into our most pressing fields: the origin of water and life on Earth, climate change, environmental justice, hazardous waste disposal, and developing new resources, including green technologies.
Our mandate is to stablish an international program to identify and give recognition to those Geo-Collections of the highest scientific value.
Objectives
Main Goals
1. Establishment of Global standards for the recognition of IUGS Geo-Collections.
2. Coordination of the IUGS Geo-Collections program.
3. Compilation and maintenance of an IUGS Geo-Collections database.
4. Collaboration among International organizations related to geological sites.
Executive
Subcommission on
Geo-collections
RACHEL WALCOTT
RACHEL WALCOTT
MARCELA GÓMEZ
MARCELA GÓMEZ
LESLIE HALE
LESLIE HALE
Voting Members
Europe
Austria
Mathias Harzhauser.
Natural History Museum Vienna.
Bulgaria
Ruslan Kostov. Mineralogy, Bulgarian Mineralogical Society.
Germany
Angela Ehling.
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources.
Great Britain
Mike Rumsey. Mineralogy, Natural History Museum London.
Rachel Walcott. Geology, mineralogy, National Museums Scotland.
Spain
Silvia Menedez.
Palaeontology, Geological Museum of the Geological Survey.
America
Colombia
Marcela Gómez. Geology, Colombian Geological Survey.
USA
Kerstin Lehnert. Geoinformatics, Columbia University.
Leslie Hale. Petrography and mineralogy, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
Liz Cottrell. Petrography and mineralogy, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
Asia
Australia
Mary Anne Binnie.South Australia Museum.
China
Li Chun. Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
India
R. Baskar. Geoscience education, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology Hisar.
Rusia
Elena Kotova. Geology, Gornij Institute St. Petersburg.
Africa
Morocco
Hasna Chennaoui Aoudjehane. Meteoritics and planetary science, Hassan II University of Casablanca.
South Africa
Lazarus Kgasi. Pleistocene palaeontology, National Museum of Natural History, Pretoria.
