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Geochemistry of the Earth's Surface 8 (GES8)

IMPORTANT NOTICE (24 April 2008):

Poster information: Posters are to be A0 (portrait) in size, i.e. 83 cm wide x 115.4 cm tall

For oral presentations, only powerpoint files will be acceptable.

Revisions to previously submitted abstracts must be received by 15th May 2008. Send updated versions to Kevin Murphy.

The 8th symposium on the Geochemistry of the Earth's Surface will be held in London, UK, from 18–22 August in 2008. The conference is being organized by Mark Hodson. For further information please contact Mark.

The 2008 Hallimond Lecture, to be delivered during the conference, will be by Prof. Julian Gale.

Sponsors and co-participants
Sessions/themes
Summer school on Synchrotron Radiation
Registration and accommodation
Abstract submission and guidelines
Social events
Mineralogical Society Awards
Maps of the area

Sessions

Mineral weathering
(Convenors: S. Banwart, Vala Ragnarsdottir, Joel Blum)
Invited speakers:
Anna Rosling, Uppsala
Jonathan Leake - Sheffield
Stefano Bernasconi, ETH Geologie Institute
Kurt Hasselwandter, University of Innsbruck
Suzanne Prestrud Anderson, University of Colorado
Synchrotrons and Environmental Science
(Convenors: Sam Shaw, Dave Polya, Eva Valsami-Jones)
Invited speakers:
Jürgen Thieme, Göttingen
Peter Heaney, Penn State
Fred Mosselmans, Diamond
Gordon Brown, Stanford
Global geochemical cycles and climate change
(Convenor: Klauss Wallmann)
Invited speakers:
Fred MacKenzie, Hawaii
Bob Berner, Yale
Klaus Wallmann, IFM Geomar
Eric Oelkers, Toulouse
Carol Turley, Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Contaminated environments, toxicology, human health
(Convenors: Mark Hodson and Kym Jarvis)
Invited speakers:
Herb Allen, Dellaware
Susan Stipp, Copenhagen
John McArthur, University College London
Jane Plant, Imperial College, London

Biomineralization
Invited speakers:
(Convenors: Martin Lee, Vern Phoenix)
Liane Benning, Leeds
Jean Dominique Meunier, Aix-en-Provence
Jan Veizer, University of Ottawa
Maggie Cusack, Glasgow
Julian Gale, Curtin University (Hallimond Lecturer)

Registration
REGISTER, BOOK ACCOMMODATION AND SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT HERE (online).

Link to list of South Kensington Hotels

Abstract instructions
Each extended abstract must occupy no more than 4 journal pages. Figures and Tables (embedded in the Word document) and short reference lists are permitted, but the four page limit must be observed. Extended abstracts exceeding this limit will be truncated. See the detailed notes for guidance of authors.

Following review by a scientific panel appointed by the conference organizers, the abstracts will be published in Mineralogical Magazine. See examples 1, 2, 3, 4, of extended abstracts (taken from the last conference). Here are the notes for guidance of authors.

There is an abstract handling fee of GBP £30.00 per abstract, payment to accompany registration

Delegates are allowed to offer a maximum of two abstracts each. Each abstract will cost £30.

Please attach your abstract(s) to an e-mail as a Word document and send it to Kevin Murphy (kevin@minersoc.org). Its receipt will be acknowledged.

Poster information: Posters are to be A0 (portrait) in size, i.e. 83 cm wide x 115.4 cm tall

For oral presentations, only powerpoint files will be acceptable.

Society medallists for 2008
The 2008 winner of the Mineralogical Society-Schlumberger Medal is Dave Rubie (below left) and the the 2008 winner of the Max Hey Medal is Diego Gatta (below, right). Both will be presented with their awards during the GES8 conference dinner

Social Events

Conference dinner - This will take place on the Thames. We will cruise while we dine.

London Eye

Visit to Fullers Brewery

Summer school on 'Synchrotron Radiation Techniques in Earth and Environmental Science'
A summer-school on 'Synchrotron Radiation Techniques in Earth and Environmental Science' will run immediately before GES8 (12-15th August 2008, in Oxford.) This is separately run and has a separate registration. However, many of the areas of focus will be of interest to registrants for the GES8 meeting. Further information is available from the School's website or from the organizers Sam Shaw and Fred Mosselmans.

Sponsors and co-participants
The organizers are grateful for the participation of and for funding from the following organizations and special interest groups.

International Association of GeoChemistry
European Association for Geochemistry
The Natural History Museum
Diamond
Applied Mineralogy Group
Mineral Physics Group
Geochemistry Group
Environmental Mineralogy Group