Ion-partitioning in ambient temperature aqueous systems
EMU-School 2010 Congress Hall – Auditorium Oviedo, Spain, 27-30 June 2010		From fundamentals to applications in climate proxies and environmental geochemistry
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	Sunday, 27th June 17:00 -19:00 Welcome reception / Registration and Installation of modelling software 19:00 -22:00 Opening of the Summer School and Icebreaker Monday, 28th June 9:00 -13.30 Session I: Thermodynamics, kinetics, and geochemical modeling of ion partitioning 9:00-9:50 Manuel Prieto (University of Oviedo) Thermodynamics of ion partitioning in solid solution-aqueous solution systems 10:00-10:50 Andrew Putnis (University of Münster) Effects of kinetics and mechanisms of crystal growth on ion-partitioning in solid solution-aqueous solution systems 11:00-11:30 Coffee Break 11:30-12:20 Dmitrii Kulik (Paul Scherrer Institute) Geochemical thermodynamic modelling of ion partitioning 12:30-13:30 Demonstration of modelling of ion partitioning in GEM-Selector, by Dmitrii Kulik. 13:30-15:00 Group luncheon for those who choose 15:00 -18:30 Session II: Ion partitioning in low temperature geochemical systems 15:00-15:50 Michael Böttcher (Leibniz Institute for Baltic Research) and Martin Dietzel (Graz University of Tech.) Metal-ion partitioning during low-temperature precipitation and dissolution of anhydrous carbonates and sulfates 16:00-16:30 Coffee Break 16:30-17:20 Christine Putnis (University of Münster) and Lourdes Fernández-Díaz (University of Madrid) Ion partitioning and element mobilization during mineral replacement reactions in natural and experimental systems 17:30-18:30 Discussion of limitations of geochemical modeling and demonstrations with PHREEQC. Moderator Manolo Prieto. Tuesday, 29th June 9:00 -12:00 Session II (cont.): Ion partitioning in low temperature geochemical systems 9:00-9:50 Christophe Monnin and Guilhem Hoareau (University of Toulouse-CNRS) Chemical equilibrium between aqueous fluids and minerals in the marine environment 10:00-10:50 Ian Fairchild and Adam Hartland (University of Birmingham) Trace element variations in stalagmites: controls by climate and by karst system processes 11:00-11:30 Coffee Break 11:30-12:00 Discussion of modelling kinetic and thermodynamic effects in natural vs experimental systems. Moderator Andrew Putnis. 12:00 -13:30 Poster Session 13:30-15:00 Group luncheon for those who choose 15:00 – 19:00 Session III: Environmental implications of ion-partitioning 15:00-15:50 Athanasios Godelitsas (University of Athens) and José Manuel Astilleros (University of Madrid) Dissolution, sorption/(re)precipitation, formation of solid solutions and crystal growth phenomena on mineral surfaces: implications for the removal of toxic metals from the environment 16:00-16:50 Eric Oelkers (University of Toulouse-CNRS) and Sigurdur Gislason (University of Iceland) Water-CO2-rock interaction during carbon sequestration 17:00-17:30 Coffee Break 17:30-18:20 Dirk Bosbach (Forschungszentrum Jülich) Solid solution formation and long-term safety in nuclear waste repositories. 18:30-19:00 Discussion on the state of environmental applications and implementation (has engineering practice caught up with best science?) Moderator Eric Oelkers. Wednesday, 30th June 9:00 -12:00 Session IV: Ion partitioning during biomineralization 9:00-9:50 Anne Cohen and Glenn Gaetani (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute) Ion partitioning and the geochemistry of coral skeletons: solving the mystery of the vital effect 10:00-10:50 Heather Stoll (University of Oviedo) Ion partitioning and trace-element proxies in foraminifera and coccoliths. 11:00-11:30 Coffee Break 11:30-12:30 Discussion on the role of surface enrichment model in natural and experimental systems. Moderator Heather Stoll. 12:30 -13:30 Oral contributed presentations, I (summary of poster submissions, Theme I, II) 13:30-15:00 Group luncheon for those who choose 15:00 -16:30 Oral contributed presentations, II (summary of poster submissions, Themes III and IV) 16:30-17:00 Coffee break 17:00 Joint lecture of the EMU and MISCA Meetings, Jonathan Erez, (Hebrew University Jerusalem) The role of direct seawater supply in marine biomineralization and its implications for isotope and trace element composition in  biogenic carbonates 18:00 MISCA Gold Medal Lecture 19:30 Closing gathering EMU/Welcome gathering MISCA
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