Scientific program
Symposium 1. Crystal chemistry, structure and synthesis of clay minerals
Symposium 2. Fe-rich phyllosilicates and Fe oxy-hydroxides in terrestrial, marine and extraterrestrial environments
- Origin and evolution of these minerals
- Genetic relation between Fe-oxyhydroxides and Fe-containing phyllosilicates
- Crystal-chemistry
- Fe redox reactions and mineral transformation
- Bacterially mediated reactions and transformations
- Green clays
- Palaeoenvironmental information contained in these minerals
- Environmental aspects
- Mineralogy and origin of Fe-rich phases in Mars
Symposium 3. Kaolinite group minerals: properties, modifications and new applications
Symposium 4. Sorptive, chemical and physical properties of clays and their derivatives
- Characteristics of dispersion like: adsorption of defined species, coagulation, flocculation, particle size determination
- chemical modification of clays and resulting changes in surface area, reactivity and adsorptive properties of clays.
Symposium 5. Layered double hydroxides and nanohybrid materials
- Preparation and utilization of new materials based on LDHs intercalated with organic anions
- Mixed oxides
- Catalysis
- Decontamination
Symposium 6. Clay minerals as a tools in geological processes interpretation
Symposium 7. Clay minerals in soil environment
- Mineral fertilizers and clay minerals
- Detrital and pedogenic clay minerals
- Soil humus-clay complexes
- Transformations of clay minerals under reducing conditions
- Application of clay minerals to agriculture
- Soil genesis assessed from mineral composition of clay fraction
Symposium 8. Clays in oil and gas industry
- Clay studies and borehole geophysics,
- Clays and hydrocarbon accumulation and production,
- Clay studies and basin history,
- NH4 in illite as indicator of hydrocarbon generation and migration
Symposium 9. Drilling industry - clays - environmental problems
- Clay-based drilling muds
- Rheololgical properties of clay suspensions
- Drilling in clays/shales
- Mud waste and protection of environment
Symposium 10. Industrial applications of clays
- Ceramic applications of clays
- Modern aspects of industrial applications of clays
- New developments in the use of clays
Symposium 11. Environmental interactions, clay barriers and waste management, geotechnics
Session 12. Geology of clays and related deposits
Session 13. Man and clays: health, history, environment
Session 14. Clay minerals as nanomaterials in current and prospect applications
