GSJ 50th Anniversary
Conference Opening Ceremony
From left, Dr
Bob Garrett, Dr Murray Duke, Dr Simon Mitchell, Hon. Oliver Clarke, GSJ
President Parris Lyew-Ayee, and Minister of Land & Environment, Hon.
Dean Peart, MP.
GSJ 50th Anniversary
Awardees - Past Presidents of the Society
From left: Mr
Parris A. Lyew-Ayee (1980-82; 2005-current); Mr Anthony R. D. Porter (1974-76);
Mrs Elsie Aarons (1984-85); Trevor Jackson (1988-90); Mr Godfrey Perkins
(1986-87); Dr Tom Stemann (2004); Mr Ian Brown (2002-2003); Dr Vincent
Hill (1970-71); Prof Edward Robinson (1966-68); Mr Michael Blackwood (1991);
Mr John Williams (1972)
GSJ 50th Anniversary
Conference Banquet
Ruins, Mona Visitor's
Lodge
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The
Geological Society of Jamaica (GSJ) 50th Anniversary Geological Conference
was held in Kingston, Jamaica in December 2005. The Conference was dedicated
to the exchange of information on all aspects of the geology of the Caribbean
with special emphasis on Jamaican Geology.
Papers were delivered
on December 1st-2nd followed by a full day field trip on December 3rd and
a half-day field trip on December 4th.
Topics delivered
included:
• Stratigraphy and
Sedimentology
• Palaeontology
and Palaeoecology
• Igneous Petrology
and Volcanology
• Structural Geology
and Metamorphism
• Tectonics
• Geoheritage and
Tourism
• Hydrocarbons
• Industrial Minerals
and Economic Geology
• Environmental
Geology and Natural Hazards
• Hydrogeology
• History of Jamaican
Geology
• Coastal Geology
• Seismology
• Geochemistry
• Medical Geology
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