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Tuesday 7 Feb
Session 1: Chair: Lisa Worrall
Keynote:
J
Bowler
Reconstructing hydrologic change: Messages from the Murray Basin
S Mclennan,
S Hill and K Barovich
Some regolith and landscape evolution highlights from the Murray
Basin's Loxton Parilla sands
A McPherson,
D Clark, M Cupper, CDN Collins and G Nelson
The Cadell Fault: a record of long-term fault behaviour in
south-eastern Australia
JL Keeling,
AJ Mauger, T Wilson and MD Raven
Diagenetic clay mineral distribution in Mesoproterozoic
sandstones of the Cariewerloo Basin, South Australia – implications
for uranium mobilisation
P Mulvey
Hadean/Archean regolith formation is the key to Archean
geomorphology and geology
POSTERS
H Dulfer, M Thomas,
J Wilford and T Cudahy
Regolith expression and character of ore deposits and potential for
remote sensing applications
RW Fitzpatrick, MD Raven
and PG Self
Using forensics to inspire the next generation of regolith, soil and
clay scientists
Y-H Lim, GA Ayoko,
RL Frost and SJ Couperthwaite
Synthesis and characterisation of organo-beidellite
P Pasbakhsh, H King
How and C Siang Piao
Modification of halloysite nanotubes with glycidyl methacrylate
IC
Roach
Using airborne electromagnetic data for regional stratigraphic and
landscape evolution studies, Murray Basin, South Australia
U Shaheen, S
Kulasegaram, WP Gates, TW Turney, A Patti and W Daoud
Modification of clay liners to improve barrier capabilities for
hypersaline leachates
Session 2: Chair: Will Gates
Keynote:
SA Wilson
and DL Bish
Stability of Mg-sulphate minerals in the presence of smectites:
Possible mineralogical controls on H2O and nutrient
cycling on Mars
G
Taylor
and RA Eggleton
All pisolithic Bauxite deposits are transported – Really?
RA
Eggleton and G Taylor
Glassy (Al,Fe)2O3 in bauxites from the
Southern Highlands of NSW
R Gilkes,
S Tawornpruek and N Prakongkep
Corundum and hercynite in Bauxite from South Western Australia
CT Henry,
MV Fey and MP Dobrowolski
Synthesis and characterisation of hydrotalcite from bauxite
residue liquor and magnesium nitrate
Session 3: Chair: Jock
Churchman
Keynote: AJ
Mason
The development of the later stages of the Murray Basin and the
development of the smectite (bentonite) clays
WP Gates,
Y Liu, R Martand Singh, and A Bouazza
Improving the swell index and fluid loss methods for
compatibility testing of Bentonites
Y Liu,
WP Gates and A Bouazza
Effectiveness of polymers on improving the fluid loss of
Bentonite used in geosynthetic clay liners
Y Park,
GA Ayoko, and RL Frost
Thermal analysis of organoclays and application for water
purification
FL
Theiss,
MJ Sear-Hall, SJ Couperthwaite, GA Ayoko, and RL Frost
Layered double hydroxides as iodine sorbents
LP
Aldridge,
WP Gates, HN Bordallo and GJ Churchman
Water mobility in smectite
Session 4: Chair: Richard
Cresswell
Keynote:
MD Raven
and PG Self
Winning the 5th International Reynolds Cup Quantitative Mineralogy
Competition
B
Pillans,
P Simmonds, W Hitchcock and B Alloway
Tektites, minitektites and microtektites from the Kalgoorlie
region, Western Australia
M Thomas,
T Cudahy and M Cacetta
Recent developments in ASTER Geoscience products for Australia
B Fritz, C
Noguera, A Clement and H Zwingmann
Illite authigenesis - new constrains on fundamental clay
crystallization processes using the NANOKIN code
MS Żbik
, RL Frost, Y-F Song and C-C Wang
Synchrotron based Transmission x-ray microscopy reveals smectite
fine structure in an aqueous environment
Thursday 9 Feb
Session 5: Chair: Balwant Singh
Keynote:
MJ Kennedy
Are clay minerals a fundamental biogeochemical regulator of the
Biosphere at Earth system scales
SC Löhr,
MJ Kennedy, J Brugger and B Etschmann
The role of mineral surfaces in the preservation and
transformation of organic carbon: meso- to nano– scale spatial
complexity of organic matter forms in organic-rich shales
GJ
Churchman,
AD Noble and DJ Chittleborough
Additions of clays and clay minerals to enhance the
sequestration of Carbon in soils
Y-T Huang,
GJ Churchman, DJ Lowe, NJ Rawlence, L Schipper and A Cooper
Evaluating the character and preservation of DNA within
allophane clusters (microaggregates) in buried soils on Holocene
tephras, northern New Zealand
E Yusiharni
and R Gilkes
The forms of plant nutrient elements in Australian native plant
ash derived from several species and the incubation effects on soil
Session 6: Chair: Keith Scott
Keynote:
DJ Gray,
RRP Noble and N Reid
Advances in understanding regional hydrogeochemical patterns in
Australia
P Shand,
AJ Love, T Gotch, MD Raven and S Priestley
Extreme acidic environments associated with carbonate Mound
Springs: the western Great Artesian Basin
I Bibi,
B Singh and E Silvester
Dissolution of clay sediments in acid-sulfate systems
V Wong,
SG Johnston, ED Burton, RT Bush, LA Sullivan, PG Slavich
Will sea-level rise solve our coastal acid sulfate soil issues?
Session 7: Chair: John Keeling
RW
Fitzpatrick,
MD Raven, PG Self, P Shand, L Mosley, S Simpson and A Baker
Occurrence, genesis and environmental significance of schwertmannite
in re-flooded Acid Sulfate Soils in the Lower Murray Reclaimed
Irrigation Area
I Bibi,
B Singh and E Silvester
Inland wetlands with sulfidic sediments provide ideal conditions
for Akaganéite formation
A Marchuk
and P Rengasamy
The nature of clay-cation association dictates clay behaviour in
aqueous suspensions
S
Marchuk,
P Rengasamy and GJ Churchman
Cation exchange as influenced by the type of cations in different
clay minerals
B Newman
River Murray salinity management and irrigation
R Cresswell
Banrock, Bockpurnong and Chowilla - approaches to management of the
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