International Clay Conference 1978 [antikvár]

PREFACE The 1978 meeting of the Association Internationale pour L'Etude des Argiles was held at Oxford, England, July 10-14, 1978. This Sixth International Clay Conference was organized by the Clay Minerals Group of the Mineralogical Society, London, with Mr. Denis Mitchell serving as Chairman, and Mr. J.A. Bain as General Secretary of the Organizing Committee. This Proceedings volume contains selected papers from the large number presented at the Conference together with Introductory lectures by the Technical Session Chairmen as well as the Plenary lecture by Dr. R.C. Mackenzie of The Macaulay Institute for Soil Research of Aberdeen, Scotland, and the Presidential remarks of Dr. S.W. Bailey of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Other papers presented are listed by title only, since a Book of Summaries covering all papers is available at L3.50 (post free) from Sixth International Clay Conference, c/o The Institute of Geological Sciences, 64-78 Gray's Inn Road, LONDON WCIX 8NG, U.K. Many of these papers have been or will be submitted to regular journals. In contrast to previous volumes, a photo-offset process is utilized in production of these Proceedings. This required that each author act essentially as his own editor in preparing the draft of his manuscript for publication. The results of this procedure was a degree of limitation for the Editors in editing the manuscripts as well as a variety of type-faces. All research papers were reviewed before acceptance by scientists familiar with the subject matter involved. The Editors would like to express their deepest thanks to the following scientists who participated in the review process: S.W. Bailey, J.B. Dixon, M.E. Harward, W.D. Johns, E.C. Jonas, W.D. Keller, M.B. McBride, T.J. Pinnavaia, C.B. Roth, D.C. Bain, C.M. Bristow, J. Chaussdion, C.S. Cundy, J.A. Gard, F.P. Glasser, B.A. Goodman, P.L. Hall, A. Herbillon, C.V. Jeans, G. Lagally, D.J. Morgan, F.R. Noble, R.H. Ottewill, I. Parsons, E. Paterson, B. Rand, J.H. Rayner, C.M. Rice, R.H.S. Robertson, J.B. Rowse, J.D. Russell, U. Schwertmann, J. Thorez, B. Velde, R. Wey, J.W. White, F.W. Wilburn, M.J. Wilson. In conclusion we would like to thank the authors for their fine spirit of cooperation in preparing their manuscripts in the required form and in making alterations and corrections where necessary. M.M. Mortland V.C. Farmer Editors