The 25th International Geological Congress, Sydney, Australia (1976)

s. For similar reasons the sessions dealing with Recent Advances in Exploration Geophysics attracted more than 70 papers. The rare interaction of Soviet and Australian geologists in these economic geology sessions would have been most interesting. Significant numbers of presentations concerned plate tectonics, which had gained acceptance over the previous decade. Precambrian geology and deep sea drilling also generated much interest and...