Corporate Body

CSIRO Soil Physics and Mechanics Section (c. 1943 - 1955)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

From
c. 1943
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
To
1955
Functions
Industrial or Scientific Research and Earth Sciences
Location
Melbourne, Victoria

Summary

The Soil Physics and Mechanics Section was part of the Division of Soils, replacing the Soil Physics Section in 1943. In 1955 the Section became the Soil Physics Section, still under the influence of the Division of Soils.

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 c. 1933 - c. 1943 CSIR Soil Physics Section
       c. 1943 - 1955 CSIRO Soil Physics and Mechanics Section
             1955 - 1967 CSIRO Soil Mechanics Section
                   1967 - 1970 CSIRO Division of Soil Mechanics
                         1970 - 1983 CSIRO Division of Applied Geomechanics
                               1983 - 1993 CSIRO Division of Geomechanics
                                     1993 - CSIRO Division of Petroleum Resources

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