Dear all, The Clay Minerals Group and Environmental Mineralogy Group Annual Research in Progress Meeting which will be held at Durham University (UK) on 20-21st March 2014. Further details can be found at http://www.minersoc.org/cmg-rip-2014.html. <http://www.minersoc.org/cmg-rip-2014.html> Deadline for Abstracts: 1st March 2014 Deadline for Registration: 15th March 2014 Key Notes Speakers * Jon Lloyd (University of Manchester) * Jeffery Greathouse (Sandia National Laboratories) Oral & poster presentations are welcome in the following areas: 1. Advances in understanding the structure of clays & environmental minerals; 2. Reactivity at clay & environmental mineral surfaces; 3. Interaction of organics and inorganics with clays & environmental minerals; 4. Role of clays & environmental minerals in biogeochemical cycling of natural species and contaminants; 5. Applications of clays & environmental minerals, including clays and related minerals in hydrocarbon research. Conference registration is free. Please visit the conference booking website <https://www.dur.ac.uk/conference.booking/details/?id=268> to register and book accommodation and catering, and please return the attached registration form to cmg.emg14@durham.ac.uk . Best wishes, Katie Daniels ________________________________ Clay Mineral Group and Environmental Mineraology Group Annual Research in Progress Meeting 20-21st March 2014 Durham University cmg.emg14@durham.ac.uk ________________________________