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Plenary and Invited lectures

The following presenters have confirmed attendance. 

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Plenary:

 

Session:

Geoanalytical approaches to understanding the Bushveld.

Prof. Grant Cawthorn

University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

 

Session:

Data quality control and reference material.

Jean Kane
Previous chairman of the IAG Certification Committee

 

Session:

Application of analytical techniques for environmental and geochemical studies.

Dr. Johann Engelbrecht. 

Division of Atmospheric Sciences at the Desert Research Institute (DRI), in Reno, Nevada, U.S.A.

 

 

 

Invited:

Session:

Microprobe and in situ analytical Techniques.

Associate Prof. Jon Woodhead                               
School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne  

 

 

Session:

Analytical techniques in Forensic Sciences.

Roger Dixon

Senior Superintendent, Commander: Materials Analysis. Forensic Science Laboratory South Africa

 

Session:

XRD in Industrial applications.

Prof. Johan de Villiers.

Professor, Mineralogy, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

 

Session:

Sampling and Uncertainty.

Prof. Michael Ramsey.

Sussex University, UK

Title:  Estimation of measurement uncertainty from sampling, rather than an assumption of representative sampling.

 

 

Session:

Garnet chemistry in diamond exploration.

Dr. Deon de Bruin

Debruin Consulting CC, Australia

Session:
Geochemical Reference Material Characterisation-Outlier Rejection,Laboratory Competernce and Data Assesment from a historical perspective.
Prof Phil Potts
Dean of Science, The Open University

 

Additional Session:  
Title: Session:
Geochemical Reference  Materials in Brazil Certified Reference materials
Geochemical Reference Material Characterisation- Outlier rejection, Laboratory Competence and Data Assessment from a Historical Perspective. Certified Reference Materials
Reference Materials For Microanalysis: Successes and Needs Topic Certified Reference Materials
Development of new reference materials based on CRMs  CRM
Experience of the IAG as a Certifying Body CRM
Producing certified reference materials at Central Geological Laboratory of Mongolia  CRM
Preparation of a Lunar Highlands Simulant Reference Materials CRM
Preoaration and Analysis of Refernce Materials for Hexavalent Chronium  CRM / ICP-MS
Basic Assay Laboratory Quality Assurance CRM/QC
PT, PD and RH Levels in Levels in soils of Sao Paulo City, Brazil: Assessment of Automobile  Catalytic Converter Pollution Environmental
PAH Removal and Sorptive Behaviour in Clay soils contaminated by Diesel Oil Pernambuco, Brazil Environmental
Stream Sediment Quality of the Tautoco River at Suape Industrial and Harbour Area, Pernambuco , Brazil Environmental
Confined Zeodratation Environmental
Water and Stream Sediments Quality of hte Tarutoca Estuarine Waters at Suape Industrial  and Harbour Area,  Pernambuco , Brazil Environmental
Results from a long term monitoring program for application of municipal biosolids to dry land weat fields Environmental
Determination of Toxic Elements in Water, Soil and Plants by Analytical Techniques and their ecological and environmental geochemistry implication Environmental
Characterization of the dissolved organic matter from Amazonian floodplain system Environmental
Rare Earth Elements in Tropical Estuarine Sediments of the Manguaba River, North Eastern Brazil.  Environmental
Field and Laboratory Techniques for Agronutrient and Soil Acidity Studies in a Rain forest zone of  South Western Nigeria  Environmental
Extract methods of 54 VOSs from two reference soil from China Environmental
Geochemical analysis in geo-environmental modelling and risk assessment on the tailings of the Okiep Copper District Environmental 
PAH REMOVAL AND SORPTIVE BEHAVIOUR IN CLAY SOILS CONTAMINATED BY DIESEL OIL PERNAMBUCO, BRAZIL Environmental
Hydrocarbon Potential of Sargelu Formation Using Rock-Eval 6 in Dezful Embayment, SW Iran Environmental / Geochemical Exploration
Determination of Organochlorine Pesticides and Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Sedements by GC-ECD  Environmental GC/MS
Estimation of soil cover pollution in Lake Baikal Region by EPMA Environmental/EPMA
Integrated strategies for sustainable development after mining operations Environmental/Geochronology
Trace element composition of volcanic gases of Kudriavy Volcano by different sampling and analytical methods Environmental/ICP-MS
Zinc isotopic composition method in low-level aerosols samples Environmental/ICP-MS
Gold in copper-zinc massive sulfide ores of the Urals EPMA
EPMA nvestigation of Columbite-Tantalite inclusions in Rare Metal Pegmatites of the East Sayan Moutains EPMA
ESTIMATION OF SOIL COVER POLLUTION IN LAKE BAIKAL REGION BY X-RAY ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS EPMA
The Mineralogical and environmental researches of task EPMA groups from Russian Siberia EPMA / Environmental
Determination of modes and structure of gold and silver occurrence in Lithochemical Stream Sediments by EPMA  EPMA / Industrial Processes and Ore Benefification
Garnet Chemistry in diamond exploration EPMA/Standards
THE ROLE OF RIETVELD ANALYSIS IN ORE PROCESSING AND MINE EVALUATION: A MN ORE-SMELTING EXAMPLE Industrial Process and Ore Benefication / Rietveld Analysis
The use of multielement geochemical analysis in Provenance studies and its application to the Sevso silver treasure. Forensics/ICP-MS
Major element mass change defines a regional vector to epithermal gold mineralization – a case study in the Hauraki Goldfield, New Zealand Geochemical Exploration
Determination of Genetic Origin of Oil Seepages Occurring in Masjid-e-Soleiman (MIS) Oilfield, SW Iran Geochemical Exploration
U-PB (LA-ICP-MS) DETRITIC ZIRCON AGES FROM AGUAPEI SEDIMENTARY ROCKS: IMPLICATIONS ON THE SW AMAZONIAN CRATON CRUSTAL EVOLUTION Geochronology  
U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY OF KIMBERLITES: NEW ANALYTICAL STRATEGIES AND THE SEARCH FOR A CALIBRATION STANDARD Geochemical
Zircon as an indicator of changing conditions at chromitite crystallization (Bushveld Complex) Geochronology/Petrology
High precision elemental analysis of geological and environmental samples using ICP-MS and ICP-OES ICP_MS
DETERMINATION OF PT, PD AND RH IN REFERENCE MATERIALS BY INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-MASS SPECTROMETRY AFTER ULTRASOUND-ASSISTED ACQUA REGIA LEACHING  ICP-MS
Strontium determination by isotope dilution ICP-QMS with collision cell ICP-MS
ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS OF CA-RICH MINERALS BY LA-MC-ICP-MS: THE ROLE OF ULTRA SHORT PULSE WIDTH (Fs) LASERS. ICP-MS
COMPARISON BETWEEN NICKEL-SULFUR-FIRE-ASSAY TE-CO-PRECIPITATION AND ISOTOPIC-DILLUTION WITH HIGH PRESSURE ASHER TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINATION OF PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS, RHENIUM AND GOLD. ICP-MS
VALIDATION OF ICP-MS METHODOLOGY FOR ANALYSIS OF HEAVY METALS IN WATER USING THE SABS WATER CHECK PROFICIENCY TESTING SCHEME. ICP-MS
Advances in LA-ICP-MS Analyses on magnetite ICP-MS
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN LASER ABLATION ICPMS: IMAGING, U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY AND DATA DECONVOLUTION ICP-MS
ESTIMATING MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTIES: REE IN PUMPKIN SEED OIL - A CASE STUDY ICP-MS / Representative sampling/forensics
MULTI-ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS OF ATHO-G RHYOLITIC GLASS (MPI-DING REFERENCE MATERIAL) BY FEMTOSECOND LA - ICP - MS: QUESTION ABOUT SIGNIFICANT HETEROGENEITY IN RESPECT TO ZN, MO, CS AND PB ICP-MS / Certified Reference Materials / On Site Analysis
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SHRIMP GEOCHRONOLOGY ON ESTABLISHING A STRATIGRAPHIC SUCCESSION IN THE BIRIM SUPERGROUP/COMPLEX IN THE MALUWE BASIN OF GHANA Shrimp / Geochronology / Mapping
GEOCHEMICAL CONSTRAINTS ON GOLD EXPLORATION STUDIES IN INDIA – A FEW INITIATIVES Mapping and Regional Geochemistry
Geochemical analysis in geo-environmental modelling and risk assessment on the tailings of the Okiep Copper District Mapping and Regional Geochemistry/Environmental
QUALITY OF DATA PRODUCED BY THE NEW AUTOMATED FIRE ASSAY SYSTEM, FIFA, FOR GOLD PGM, Fire assay
TECHNIQUE-RELATED REVIEW OF GEOPT RESULTS Proficiency Testing 
PARENTAL MAGMAS TO THE BUSHFELD COMPLEX – THE PARADOXICAL INFINETLY FERTILE CONTINENTAL CRUST Petrology
THE EMPLACEMENT AND GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF THE ALKALINE PILANESBERG COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA Petrology
Extract methods of 54 VOSs from two reference soil from China QC
AN EVALUATION OF THE BETWEEN METHOD DISCREPANCIES IN FERROMANGANESE NODULE PROFICIENCY TEST GEOPT 23A Quality Control
QUALITY CONTROL FOR SURVEY ON ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN GROUNDWATER Quality Control
Representative sampling – a unified approach from field to laboratory: Theory of Sampling (TOS)  Representative sampling
A NEW TRAVELLING PARTICLE SAMPLING ALGORITHM FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLING FROM HETEROGENEOUS PARTICULATE MATERIALS Representative sampling
On-line solid phase extraction system using thio-functionalized sulfur as sorbent for the flame atomic absorption spectrometric determination of silver in Some Polymetallic ores Sample Preparation / On Site Analysis
MINISIPPER: A NEW, HIGH-CAPACITY, LONG-DURATION, AUTOMATED IN-SITU WATER SAMPLER Sampling/ Environmental
Contribution of biomineralization during growth of polymetallic nodules and ferromanganese crusts: SEM and EDX evidence SEM and TEM
ATOMIC SCALE STRUCTURE AND THE SIMS MATRIX EFFECT SIMS/SHRIMP
CAN MICRO-XRF DO A POOR MAN'S MICRO-PROBE ? Instrumental / XRF / EPMA / SEM and TEM
Optimization of phase purity of zeolite Na-P1 made from South African coal fly ash XRD
XRF ANALYSIS OF SITTAMPUNDI CHROMITE, SITTAMPUNDI ANORTHOSITE COMPLEX, INDIA: PRECISION VS ACCURACY. XRF
ANALYSIS AND DISCRIMINATION OF BRONZE AGE BRACERS IN THE UK BY PORTABLE XRF XRF
USE OF A GOLD ANODE X-RAY TUBE IN THE TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF ROCKS AND MINERALS BY X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY XRF
ON THE ADVANTAGES OF GRAPHITE VERSUS PLATINUM CRUCIBLES IN THE ANALYSIS OF GEOLOGIC MATERIALS XRF/Sample preparation
Rapid analysis of potash minerals by field portable X-Ray Diffraction XRF/XRD
BASIC ASSAY LABORATORY QUALITY ASSURACE BY FIELD PRTABLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION XRF/XRD
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN ABLATION CELL TECHNOLOGY FOR LA-ICP-MS Instrumental: Laser Ablation
HIGH THROUGHPUT COMMERCIAL GEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS BY LASER ABLATION Instrumental: Laser Ablation
LONG-PULSE VERSUS SHORT-PULSE EXCIMER LASER ABLATION SYSTEMS: A DIRECT COMPARISON Instrumental: Laser Ablation
Whole-rock and mineral chemistry of the Trompsburg Complex and comparisons with the Bushveld Complex.
THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX AND THE WORLD’S MOST REMARKABLE ORE DEPOSITS  
The development of the high purity gold and silver reference materials
 Results from a long term monitoring program for application of municipal biosolids to dry land wheat fields