Interstratified Clay Minerals:
Origin, Characterization and Geochemical Significance.
Interstratified clay minerals are everywhere, if you look hard enough. Perhaps they are sometimes missed and their information is lost to the researcher. The course will address mixed-layer clay minerals from a variety of environments to discuss, among other topics, what they are, how they form, how they are identified and characterized, their crystal-chemistry, their significance with respect to a changing or unstable geochemical environment. The talks and discussion will arch from the firmly established facts to the exciting open questions.
Please note that the School is arranged for Young Scientists, thus implying that you are not older than 90!
Coordinators: Javier Cuadros (UK) & F.Javier Huertas (Spain)
How to get to the ASYS venue
ASYS will be held at the University of Bari, Dipartimento Geomineralogico (Campus, via Orabona 4), 75 m from your hotel (Hotel Campus), which is located in via Ulpiani Celso, 11, Bari - Tel. +39 080 5520805. ASYS registration fee includes the full board service for June 11th and 12th. You should pay additional service directly to the hotel at you departure. On the afternoon of June 13, the attendees will be taken by bus to the conference centre.
How to get to the hotel from the airport
Taxi is the fastest and easiest way to get to your hotel but it is also the most expensive (25-30 euros). Otherwise, you may use two public buses:
- the urban bus n. 16 (there is a bus every 50 minutes) or the Airport Shuttle (ticket costs: € 4.15; departure at each flight arrival)). You may purchase your public bus ticket in the airport (from the newspaper kiosk (€ 0.80) or in the bus (from the drivers; ticket costs: € 1.50). Both buses go to the Central Railway Station.
- the bus n. 21 (from the Central Railway Station - to the Campus; departure every 25 to 35 minutes). Ask for the bus stop nearest to Via Celso Ulpiani.
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PROGRAM (dowload pdf)
Introduction to mixed-layer minerals
Bruno Lanson
Identification and quantification by means of XRD
Alain Plancon
Identification and characterization with microscopic methods
Fernando Nieto
Formation mechanisms
Alain Meunier
Evolution in prograde alteration systems
Jan Srodon
Crystal-chemistry
Javier Cuadros
Identification and characterization with spectroscopic and other classical methods
Peter Komadel
Evolution in soils and surface sediments: retrograde alteration
Ray Ferrell
I-S and other mixed-layer minerals in oil exploration
Jan Srodon
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Duration: 2 days
Dates: 12 - 13 June
Place: University of Bari
Maximum number of participants: 40
Minimum number of participants: 10
Price per participant: €500.
Price per participant in the XIV ICC: € 250 (sponsored by IMAA-CNR)
Price includes: School fees and hotel accommodation (11-12 June; meals included). On June 13, afternoon, attendees will be taken by bus to the conference centre.