This symposium will focus on the reactions occurring on natural clay surfaces. Clay surface reactions play significant roles in weathering, organic carbon sequestration (thereby influencing the global carbon cycle and climate), nutrient and pollutant chemistry, biological activity and soil stability. This symposium will bring together a broad array of scientists from a variety of disciplines using techniques from molecular-scale modeling to field-scale experiments. Students that cross scales are especially desired. Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Adsorption reactions on clay surfaces,
- Intercalation and clay swelling
- Dissolution of clay minerals
- Clay interactions with organic matter and biology, and
- New techniques for studying clay surface reactions.
Symposium Organizers: Susan L. Brantley, Department of Geosciences, EESI, The Pennsylvania State University, 2217 EES Building, University Park, PA 16802, Phone: 814-865-1619, brantley@essc.psu.edu. James Kubicki, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, Phone: 814-865-3951, kubicki@geosc.psu.edu. Geoffrey M Bowers, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, 1301 East Lansing, MI 48824, 517-355-9715, bowersg@msu.edu.
