GEOCSunday, April 6, 2008

1:30 PM-4:50 PM Morial Convention Center -- Rm. 211, Oral
General Session on Clays and Clay Minerals; CMS Clay Gumbo
Clay Mineralogy
Organizer:Brenda S. Ross
1:30 PMChemical variations of the micas and chlorites compositions along natural geothermal gradient: Example of Helvetic Alps (Glarus)
Franck Bourdelle, Teddy Parra, Olivier Beyssac, El Albani Abderrazzak, Eric Kohler
1:50 PMClay mineralogy of an oolitic iron deposit in the Peace River district, Alberta, Canada
Peter Uhlík, Patrick Kerr, Thomas Etsell, Qi Liu
2:10 PMComposition and structural properties of iron oxides in Lateritic bauxite in the Darling Range, Western Australia
Saowanuch Tawornpruek, Robert J Gilkes
2:30 PMCharacterization of fine fractions in bitumen froth and tailings produced by hot water extraction of oil sands from the Athabasca region, Alberta, Canada
Heather A. W. Kaminsky, Peter Uhlík, Ali Hooshiar, Douglas G. Ivey, Oladipo E. Omotoso, Thomas Etsell, Qi Liu
Paper Withdrawn
3:10 PMIntermission
3:30 PMUnraveling the provenance of the North Sea Muds in the Belgian coastal area using clay mineralogy
Edwin Zeelmaekers, Noël Vandenberghe, Jan Srodon
3:50 PMMineralogy of the Del Rio Clay Formation (Cenomanian), West Texas: Illite/kaolinite ratios as indicators of proximity to riverine sources and/or provenance
Fleur S. Bases, Victoria C. Hover, Brian E. Lock
4:10 PMHalloysite in relation to kaolinite: Unruly sibling or distant cousin?
G. Jock Churchman, Benny K. G. Theng
4:30 PMDissolution kinetics of dehydroxylated nickeliferous goethite
Matthew Landers, Robert J Gilkes

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The 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008