35^TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS

27 AUGUST - 4 SEPTEMBER 2016 | CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

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35^TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS

27 AUGUST - 4 SEPTEMBER 2016 | CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

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History of the Geosciences

Paper Title	Presenting Author Names
The Okiep copper mines – the most historic mining district in South Africa	Proffessor Bruce Cairncross
A History of Early Antarctic Fossil Discoveries in Support of the Supercontinent Gondwana	Prof. Renee Clary
Measuring the Specific weight of minerals in Arab-Islamic scientific heritage.	Mr. Khallaf EL GHALBI
Arab-Islamic scientific heritage, an early episode in the history of volcanology.	Mr. Khallaf EL GHALBI
Goethe, geology and polemics on a new science	Dr. Ernie Hamm
Academician Sergey Sergeevich Smirnov: An outstanding Soviet geologist and mineralogist	Tatiana Ivanova
Indigenous Knowledge of Exploration Geology: A Malawian Perspective	"Ms. Tamara Faith Kamanga Mr. Chikondi Chisenga"
History of the geology of Malawi	"Ms. Tamara Faith Kamanga Mr. Chikondi Chisenga"
The role of Southern Africa in understanding Human origins	Prof. Brigitte SENUT
Discovery of Komatiite	Dr. Richard Pieter Viljoen
Outline of the mining history in the Polish Lands	Prof. Stanislaw Wolkowicz
"Contribution of Ignacy Domeyko (1802 – 1889) for geology of Poland, Lithuania and Chile"	Prof. Marek Graniczny
Pioneering geologic mapping in northwestern South America	Dr. Ken Aalto
The younger granite ring complexes of africa and the associated cassiterite mineralization: a historical perspective.	Prof. Mayen Adiukubrown
The nok culture in association with pre-historic mining and metallurgical activities in north central nigeria	Prof. Mayen Adiukubrown
Searching for our ancestors: a time ripe for forgeries	Dr. Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta
Ideas About Impacts in Earth History – from Extraordinary to Actualistic	Dr. Joanne Bourgeois
Problems in defining Hominin Species in Paleoanthropology	Prof. Claudine Cohen
Indigenous understanding of geology: The Australian perspective	Prof. Barry J. Cooper
The history of a discussion: the Earth expansion theory versus plate tectonics - selected aspects	Dr. Stefan Cwojdzinski
Before Plate Tectonics: The Long Exchange between Physics and Geology from 1600 to the 20th Century	Dr. Gregory Good
John Herschel's Landscapes and Geology: the Cape Colony in the 1830s	Dr. Gregory Good
An unexpected treasure – the personal and handwritten notes of the Austrian mineralogist and petrograph Friedrich (Johann Karl) Becke (1855-1931)	Dr. Margret Hamilton
Past, present and future status of the National Geological Archives in Poland	Prof. Katarzyna Jarmolowicz-Szulc
Ancient Terms and New Concepts: "The Face of the Earth" and "Gondwana-Land"	Dr. Marianne Klemun
Cambrian System in Siberia – discovery "at a desk"	Mr. Leonid Kolbantsev
Development of geological and geophysical cartography in Poland (XVIII – XXI cent.)	Prof. Piotr Krzywiec
A history of hydrogeology in Australia from pre-European to the 21st Century	Dr. Charles Lawrence
Resources of geoscientific information in Africa (Oral Presentation)	Mrs. Debbie Lievaart
The reception of “Our Wandering Continents” (1937), from the correspondence of its author, South Africa geologist A.L. du Toit	Dr. Sharad Master
Claims on the Past: Cave Excavations by the SS Research and Teaching Community “Ahnenerbe” (1935–1945)	Dr. Johannes Mattes
Dr Woodward's Cabinet of Dangerous Dreams: Geology in the Age of Enlightenment	Dr. Kenneth McNamara
Early theories and practicalities on gold occurrence in Australia	Dr. Kenneth McQueen
"Viktor Moritz Goldschmidt (1888–1947) and Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky (1863–1945): The father and grandfather of geochemistry?"	Prof. Axel Muller
How closing the Sperrgebiet affected geological research: a brief history	Dr. Martin Pickford
Early correlations between the Cape Belt and Ventania Systems: Keidel’s pioneer work and his influence on Wegener’s Continental drift and Du Toit’s ideas	Dr. Victor A. Ramos
The History of the Geological Survey of Namibia	Dr. Gabriele Schneider
The History of Diamond Mining in Namibia	Dr. Gabriele Schneider
Three Pioneering Geologists of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa: Hall, Merensky, and Wagner	Dr. Roger Scoon
When I was hunting dinosaurs in Africa (1965-2015)	Dr. Philippe Taquet
An empire of water, islands of fire: Perspectives on 18th-century geology	Prof. Kenneth Taylor
Discussions and their role in the development of geological sciences	Prof. Gennadiy Trifonov
Utilisation of Geology and Geomorphology by Early Hominids and the Indigenous People of Southern Africa	Dr. Richard Viljoen
The Naumann elephant	Dr. Michiko Yajima
Davis - Penck: Are both of their theories traceable to Argentina’s Pampean Ranges?	Dr. Daniel Rubiolo
The rock collection of the Geological Commission of the Empire and its historical bond present in the National Museum/UFRJ collection	Ms. Caroline Mignot De Souza
Verifying the Silurian: Murchison's 1845 field campaign in Sweden	Dr. John Diemer
Materials on South Africa geology in The Academician Th.N. Tschernyschew Central Research Geological Prospecting Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia	Mr. Leonid Kolbantsev
Resources of geoscientific information in Africa (Poster Presentation)	Mrs. Debbie Lievaart
The Italian geological expeditions to Tripolitania and Cyrenaic regions (Libya N-Africa) between 1911 and 1914	Dr. Fabio Massimo Petti