国际地质大会的诞生国际地质大会(International GeologicalCongress,英文缩写;IGC)是国际科学会议中历史悠久、规模巨大、学科广泛的国际学术组织之一,素有国际地学界的“奥林匹克”之称。19世纪中叶,随着现代地质学的兴起和发展,地质学家们研究不受疆界和行政区划限制的定期聚会与学术交流的形式。1875年,美国和加拿大等国地质学家曾提出建立一个定期召开国际性地质工作者集会的设想。1876年,根据上述倡议成立了一个 The birth of the International Geological Congress The International Geological Congress (IGC) is one of the international academic conferences with a long history, large scale and broad disciplines. It is also known as the “Olympic” in the international geoscience community. In the mid-19th century, with the rise and development of modern geology, geologists studied the forms of regular gatherings and academic exchanges that were not restricted by boundaries and administrative divisions. In 1875, geologists from the United States and Canada proposed the idea of ​​establishing a regular rally of international geologists. In 1876, one was established based on the above initiative