Dear colleagues,
We would like to bring your attention to the “Synchrotron and Neutron
Advances in Environmental Geochemistry and Mineralogy” session at
Goldschmidt 2009. Full details of the session and details of how to submit
an abstract can be found at http://www.goldschmidt2009.org/index. Submission
deadline 22nd February.
Synchrotron and Neutron Advances in Environmental Geochemistry and
Mineralogy (session 18g)
Description:
Over the past 10 years there has been a large increase in the number of new
generation synchrotron (e.g. Diamond Light Source, SSRL Spear 3 and The
Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)) and neutron sources (e.g. J-PARC, SNS,
FRM-II, OPAL, ISIS-TS2) across the world. The development of these
facilities has led to dramatic improvements in beam flux, size and stability
which have enabled significant improvements in time resolution, data
quality, detection limits and spatial resolution using microfocus
techniques. Environmental geochemistry and mineralogy research has benefited
greatly from these developments as the new facilities allow in situ studies
of natural heterogeneous materials (e.g. soil, aqueous phases and
poorly-ordered minerals) under near natural conditions. This session will
focus on the recent developments in the applications of synchrotron- and
neutron- based techniques for the study of low-temperature environmental
systems including – but not limited to – biogeochemistry, geomicrobiology,
soil science, carbon sequestration, metal and metalloid speciation studies
in natural and contaminated environments, aqueous geochemistry, colloid
science, nano particles, mineral/solution/bio interface studies,
environmental radiochemistry and phytoremediation studies. The session will
cover research using all types of synchrotron and neutron based techniques
including, XAS, X-ray microscopy (e.g. STXM), tomography, XPS, XRF, X-ray
microprobe, scattering (e.g. SAXS/WAXS) XPEEM, diffraction, total
scattering, inelastic and quasielastic scattering, infrared and time
resolved studies.
Keynote Speaker: John Bargar (Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource)
Convenors:
Sam Shaw (University of Leeds, UK),
Thomas Borch, (Colorado State University)
Simon Redfern (University of Cambridge),
Nancy Ross (Virginia Tech)
*Apologises for any cross posting*
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