Organisers:    Manuel Prieto (mprieto[at]geol.uniovi.es) and
                          Heather Stoll (hstoll[at]geol.uniovi.es)
                          University of Oviedo, Spain

Language:     English

EMU Notes in Mineralogy:
       A new volume based on this School will be printed

Scope of the School:      

Understanding solid solution - aqueous solution processes, that is, understanding ion partitioning in mineral-water interactions, is of fundamental importance to geochemical studies. Natural minerals always contain a certain proportion of trace elements in solid solution which is a record of the chemical environment during crystallization.

The topic is of interest because is related to societal problems such as the contamination of soils and natural waters. It is also important in biomineralization since biogenic carbonate is often precipitated from a fluid which is separate from the external environment and potentially regulated by the organism under the influence of the climate conditions.

The school focuses on ion-partitioning from multidisciplinary point of view: thermodynamic fundamentals and computer modelling of geochemical records, design of remediation strategies for polluted waters, development of climatic proxies, etc.  

Preliminary program and tentative speakers

Thermodynamics of ion partitioning
          Manuel Prieto (Univ. Oviedo, Spain)

Effects of kinetics and mechanisms of crystal growth on ion-partitioning
          Andrew Putnis (Univ. Münster, Germany)

Geochemical modelling of ion partitioning
          Dimitri Kulik (Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland)

Metal-ion partitioning in carbonates and sulphates
          Michael Böttcher (Leibniz Institute for Baltic Research, Germany)

Ion partitioning during mineral replacement reactions in natural and experimental systems
          Christine Putnis (Univ. Münster, Germany)
          Lourdes Fernández-Díaz (Univ. Madrid, Spain)

Ion partitioning in seawater
          Christophe Monnin (Univ. Toulouse-CNRS, France)

Trace element variations in stalagmites: geochemical modelling and climate controls
          Ian Fairchild (Univ. Birmingham, U.K.)

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
          Athanasios Godelitsas (Univ. Athens, Greece)
          Jose Manuel Astilleros (Univ. Madrid, Spain)

Ion partitioning effects during carbonation of silicate minerals - implicationsfor mineral sequestration of CO₂
          Eric Oelkers (Univ. Toulouse-CNRS, France)

Solid solution formation and long-term safety in nuclear waste repositories
          Dirk Bosbach (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany)

Biomineralization and trace-element climate proxies in corals
          Anne Cohen (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, USA)

Biomineralization and trace-element proxies in foraminifera and coccoliths
          Heather Stoll (Univ. Oviedo, Spain)
          Ros Rickaby (Univ. Oxford, U.K.)