Activity of the Hungarian Clay Group in the period 2002-2004


 

Activity in Scientific Societies

Papers on clay mineralogy were presented in the sessions and meetings organised by the Clay Mineralogy Section, by the Mineralogy and Geochemistry Section and by other organisations of the Hungarian Geological Society and by the Soil Mineralogy Section of the Hungarian Soil Science Society. Unless otherwise stated, the lectures were held in Budapest.

2002

January 14
Dódony, I., Németh, T., Kovács Kis, V.: Crystal chemical study of the association smectite - tridymite/cristobalite in chloropal.
Viczián, I.: Report on the 10th Turkish Clay Symposium held in Konya, 2001.

May 30
Bidló, G., Bidló, A.: Mineralogical study of soils at Sopron (W Hungary).

June 14
Inauguration of the memorial plaque of prof. Aurél Liffa (1872-1956), a pioneer in the research of the kaolin and clay deposits in Tokaj Mts.

September 23
Ionescu, C. (Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania): Ancient ceramics: thermal transformations of raw material during firing.

November 11
Viczián, I.: Árkai index, a new international mineralogical term of Hungarian relation. Fehér, B.: Clintonite, a trioctahedral brittle mica from the Salabasina-árok at Pomáz.

December 3
Szendrei, G.: To the memory of Dr. Reményi Miklósné.
Hartyáni, Zs., Gerei, L., Szilágyi, V.: Soil mineralogy of solonchak soils at Apaj.
Gerei, L., Hartyáni, Zs., Szilágyi, V.: Formation of montmorillonite in the B2 horizon of a solonchak soil.
Füleky, Gy., Kalmár, J.: Mineralogical investigations on the saline soils at Kömlő.

2003
January 22
Horváth, Z.: Report on the Geo-Archaeopedological School of Prof. Dr. Roger Langohr in Gent (Belgium).
Horváth, Z., Mindszenty, A.: Geo-archaeopedological observations on excavations in various parts of Budapest (Óbuda, Albertfalva, Soroksár).

March 6-7
2nd "Mineral Sciences in the Carpathians" Conference
The following papers discussed clay minerals and phyllosilicates:

Dódony, I., Lovas, Gy. A.: Crystal chemistry of clay minerals around the border of an overpressure zone in one of the deep sub-basins of the southern part of the Great Hungarian Plain.
Fekete, J., Weiszburg, T. G., Tóth, E.: Tracing glauconite formation in Oligocene-Miocene sandstones in Hungary.
Ionescu, C., Höck, V., Topa, D.: Alteration processes on basalts from the Transylvanian depression, Romania (deep well 6042-Deleni).
Kovács, G., Raucsik, B., Horváth, P.: Minerals of Gyód serpentinite body, Hungary.
Pekker, P., Weiszburg, T. G., Polgári, M.: Micromineralogical and clay mineralogical study of the Eplény Limestone Formation, Úrkút, Hungary.
Robu, L., Robu, I. N.: Crystallochemistry of chlorites associated with ultramafic bodies from South Carpathians (Romania).
Sipos, P., Németh, T., Mohai, I., Dódony, I.: Adsorption of lead on a Luvisol profile from the Cserhát Mts., NE Hungary.
Starzec, K., Jach, R.: Glaucony in the Lower Jurassic deposits of the Križna Unit (Tatra Mts., Poland).
Weiszburg, T. G., Pop, D., Tóth, E.: Chemistry-based nomenclatures versus discriminating analytical methods (FTIR, XPD) in the celadonite-glauconite family.
Yaremchuk, Ya., Skul's'ka, L., Koshil', M.: Mineral composition of the pelitic fraction of the Dnister River bottom sediments (Ukraine): data of semi-quantitative analysis.
Zajzon, N.: Mineralogical studies on Hungarian geological profiles crossing the Permian/Triassic boundary.
Abstract Volume: Acta Mineralogica-Petrographica, Szeged University, Abstract Series 1. 2nd "Mineral Sciences in the Carpathians" Conference. Abstracts. Edited by Béla Fehér and Sándor Szakáll, 2003. 121 p., price: 1,000 HUF.

March 19
Annual Meeting of the Hungarian Geological Society

Prof. Péter Árkai was elected to honorary member of the Society.

April 7
R. Varga, A., Raucsik, B.: New results of mineralogical and petrographical study of Eocene formations in southern Transdanubia.
Judik, K., Németh, T., Tibljaš, D., Horváth, P., Árkai, P.: Regularly interstratified chlorite/smectite (corrensite) from Medvednica Mts. (Croatia).

In this meeting the Council of the Clay Minerals Group was elected for the period 2003-2006. President: István Viczián, Secretary: Tibor Németh, Members of the Council: Mária Földvári, Géza Szendrei, Béla Raucsik.

May 9
Session held in Sajóbábony (near Miskolc): New bentonite deposits in the foreland of Bükk Mts.
Kozák, M., Püspöki, Z., Deák, J.: Geological and economic results of the "Bentonite Project".
Kovács-Pálffy, P.: X-ray diffraction investigations on the Sajóbábony bentonites.
Nagy, N., Kónya, J.: Characterisation of the Sajóbábony bentonite standard samples by surface reactions.
Németh, T., Püspöki, Z., Gyula, G.: Construction of the data base and software background of the bentonite exploration.
Vincze, L., McIntosh, R., Novák, T.: Impact of bentonite clays on the environment and natural conservation in the potential mining district.
The morning session was followed by a short field trip to the bentonite deposit at the Vár hill, near Sajóbábony.

May 20
Fehér, O., Füleky, Gy.: Micromorphological and mineralogical study of volcanic soils in Mátra Mts.

June 4
Session held in Pécs
R. Varga, A., Raucsik, B., Szakmány, Gy.: Mineralogical, petrographical and RFF geochemical study of the supposed Carboniferous/Permian boundary formations in the borehole Siklósbodony No. 1 (S Hungary).
R. Varga, A., Raucsik, B., Szakmány, Gy., Kedves, M.: New results in the study of Eocene (Palaeogene) formations of southern Transdanubia.

June 16
Váczi, T.: Contributions to the crystal chemistry of the natrolite group.

October 6
Raucsik, B., R. Varga, A., Szakmány, Gy.: X-ray powder diffraction study of the supposed Carboniferous/Permian boundary formations in the borehole Siklósbodony No. 1 (S Transdanubia).
Viczián, I.: Recent tendencies in clay science - report on the EUROCLAY, Modena.

December 4-5
Conference on the Úrkút manganese deposit (Bakony Mts.), Veszprém
Polgári, M., Császár, G., Sajgó, Cs., Brukner-Wein, A., Pekker, P., Tóth, E., Weiszburg, T.: Materials of the succession.
Polgári, M., Vető, I.: Possible factors of genesis: microbes, hydrotherms, anoxy.

December 8
Németh, T., Horváth, Z., Berényi Üveges, J.: The evolution of the Pannonian-Quaternary sequence at Visonta, according to the clay mineral studies.
Fekete, J., Weiszburg, T., Tóth, E.: Conditions of the study of glauconites: minimal requirements of the sample separation - examples from Northern Hungary.

2004

March 22
Babinszki, E., Márton, E., Márton, P., F. Kiss, L.: Identification of magnetic minerals in sediments of the Pannonian Lake by magnetic methods.

March 24
Kovács, G.: Archaeological soil micromorphology.
Kalmár, J., Füleky, Gy.: Archaeological soil mineralogy studies.

May 26
Celebration of the 80th birthday of Prof. Gábor Bidló
Bidló, A.: Mineralogy of Sopron clays (W Hungary)
Viczián, I.: Contribution of Gábor Bidló to the study of clay minerals.
Dudich, E.: Gábor Bidló's role in the study and appreciation of great personalities in the history of science.

September 20-24
MECC'04 - Mid-European Clay Conference, Miskolc (see the separate report)

October 11
"Leaves of Autumn Conferences" - Tendencies in the World Science Reports on international meetings held in summer/autumn of 2004 and show of posters presented in the meetings. Among others, the following meetings were reported on:
Harangi, Sz.: International Goldschmidt Geochemistry Conference, Copenhagen.
Kovács Kis, V.: 22nd European Crystallographic Meeting, Budapest.
Viczián, I.: 2nd Mid-European Clay Conference, Miskolc and Workshop on Current Knowledge on Layer Charge of Clay Minerals, Smolenice (Slovakia).

October 29
Session held in Debrecen
Szöőr, Gy.: On the origin and ancient environment of life.
Papp, I., Braun, M.: Geochemistry of sediments in dead channels in the Middle Tisza river area.
Püspöki, Z., Kozák, M., Kovács-Pálffy, P.: Sedimentary and volcano-sedimentary facies types in the bentonite deposits along the Sajó river.
Vincze, L., Kozák, M.: Maturity and origin of red clays in Eastern Bükk Mts.

November 4
Session devoted to presentation of lectures held during the 32nd International Geological Congress, Florence
Haas, J., Demény, A., Zajzon, N., Hips, K., Weiszburg, T., Don, Gy., Pelikán, P.: Permian-Triassic boundary events in continuous marine successions in Hungary (including successions of clay mineral assemblages).
Weiszburg, T., Tóth, E.: The process of glauconitization - traced on fossil glauconite populations (Upper Oligocene, North Hungary).
Polgári, M., Szabó-Drubina, M., Szabó, Z.: Bacterial-hydrothermal formation of black-shale hosted manganese mineralizations of Jurassic age, Central Europe, Hungary.

November 11
Session held in Miskolc
Szabó, A.: Sealing of waste depositories.
Tóth, A.: Practical applications of modelling the dispersion of pollution.

 

Activity in the Academy of Sciences

There were several lectures dealing with clay minerals in the sessions organised by various commissions and institutions of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences:

2002

October 4
Discussion of D. Sc. Thesis
Varsányi, I.: Subsurface waters of the southern 22.12.2005rogeological consequences (With many references to clay-water interaction).

2003

February 19
Németh, T.: Crystal chemical and mineralogical aspects of the heavy metal adsorption on smectites.

April 28
Szőcs, T.: Rock-water interaction caused by infiltration in loess-covered hilly areas (S Transdanubia).
Gaál, N.: The environmental impact of acid mine drainage in a small catchment area (Davis Pyrite Mine, Massachusetts, U. S. A.).
Dormán, J.: Water and ionic transport in clay and marl layers during drilling in hydrocarbon exploration.
Sipos, P., Németh, T., Mohai, I., Dódony, I.: Effect of the soil composition on the adsorption of lead in a brown forest soil.

May 7
Nemecz, E.: Time required to weathering processes of the Earth.

June 10
Nemecz, E.: Mineral reactions in soils.

October 14
Vidal, O. (Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France), Parra, T., de Andrade, V., Baldeyrou, A., Lewin, E., Fritz, B.: The use of phyllosilicates to quantify the mineralogical evolution and diffusional mass transport in systems in spatial and temporal P-T evolution. Application to metamorphism and geothermy.

October 28
Viczián, I.: Rock-forming minerals in Quaternary and Pliocene formations of the Great Hungarian Plain.

2004

March 31
Hartyáni, Zs., Nemecz, E., Horváth, T., Tóth, G., Szilágyi, V.: Mineralogical and geochemical study of Hungarian soils by X-ray analytical methods in function of depth and grain size.
Póka, T.: Causes and consequences of mineralogical and geochemical inhomogeneity in frequently occurring Hungarian soil types.
Sipos, P., Németh, T.: Complex environmental geochemistry of forest soils: heavy metal adsorption and sequential dissolution.

June 28
Discussion of D. Sc. Thesis
Tombácz, E.: Surface and colloidal interactions and their relevance for soils.

October 18
Discussion of D. Sc. Thesis
Szendrei, G.: Micromorphology and genesis of Hungarian soil types and soil forming rocks.

October 26
Inaugural address of a newly elected member of the Academy of Sciences
Árkai, P.: Phyllosilicate minerals and rock metamorphism.

 

Activity in the Universities

2003

February 17
Lectures held in connection with habilitation, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University
Dódony, I.: Micas.
Dódony, I.: On the real crystal structure of minerals (summary of scientific activity of the author).

2004

March 24-26
Short course given in the Department of Mineralogy, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
Prof. Jean-Louis Robert (Orléans, France): Mineralogical applications of vibrational spectrometries (with many applications to clay minerals)

June 22
Discussion of PhD Thesis, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
Németh, T.: Crystal structural, crystal chemical and mineralogical aspects of metal ion adsorption on montmorillonites.

 

Budapest, November 17, 2004.

István Viczián    
viczian@mafi.hu    

 

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