Each year, members of our Society gather for an annual meeting. This is often done at a location in North America or Canada, but on occasion we partner with colleagues elsewhere to take part in an international event.
Below is a list of previous Society meetings, with links to conference websites (and/or to the Program and Abstract volume) where available.
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Date & Location |
Theme |
Annual meeting & organising institution(s) |
CMS Annual Meeting No. |
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October 14–15, 2021 (Virtual) |
International Workshop (CMS) |
58th |
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October 18–23, 2020 PNNL, Richland, Wa (virtual) |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
57th |
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July 1-5, 2019 Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France |
International conference of clay science and technology |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with Euro Clay and the 6th Mediterranean Clay Meeting Dennis Eberl: The Marylin and Sturges W. Bailey Distinguished Member Award 2019 Colleen Hansel: Marion L. and Chrystie M. Jackson Mid-Career Clay Scientist Award How microbes break the cryptic manganese cycle to form manganese oxides Laurent Michot: Pioneer in Clay Science Lecturer Crystalline and osmotic swelling of clay minerals. Recent advances Bruno Lanson: George W. Brindley Clay Science Lecture |
56th |
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June 11-14, 2018 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL |
New Visions in Clay Science |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
55th |
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June 2-7, 2017 Centre for Oil Sands Sustainability, Edmonton, Canada |
Living clays from nano-scale interactions to incorporation in everyday life |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
54th |
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June 5-8, 2016 GA State University, Atlanta, GA |
Resurgent clays |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
53rd |
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July 5-10, 2015 Edinburgh, Scotland |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with Euroclay James Kirkpatrick: The Marylin and Sturges W. Bailey Distinguished Member Award 2015 NMR spectroscopy and computational molecular modeling of clay minerals Balwant Singh: Marion L. and Chrystie M. Jackson Mid-Career Clay Scientist Award Imperfect minerals can control soil fertility and geochemistry Reinhard Kleeberg: Pioneer in Clay Science Lecturer |
52nd |
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May 17-21, 2014 Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas |
Everything is big, from nanoparticles to planets |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
51st |
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October 6-10l 2013 Univesrity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL |
50th Anniversary of the Clay Minerals Society |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
50th |
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July 7-11, 2012 Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado |
Shales and Imposters |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
49th |
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Sept 24-29, 2011 University of California (CA)/ Middlebury College |
Lake Tahoe Clays |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
48th |
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June 6-11, 2010 Seville, Spain |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with the Clay Science Society of Japan and the Spanish Clay Society |
47th |
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June 5-11, 2009 Billings, Montana |
Clays of the Big Sky |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
46th |
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April 6-10, 2008 New Orleans, Louisiana |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with American Chemical Society |
45th |
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June 2-7, 2007 Santa Fe, New Mexico |
Enchanted Clays |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
44th |
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June 3-7, 2007 Oléron, France |
Bridging Clays |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with French Clay Group |
43rd |
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2005 Burlington, Vermont |
Green Mountain Clays |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
42nd |
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June 19-24, 2004 Richland, WA |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
41st |
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2003 Athens, Georgia |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
40th |
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June 8-13, 2002 Boulder, Colorado |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
39th |
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2001 Madison, Wisconsin |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
38th |
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2000 Chicago, Illinois |
Clays in the Past and Future Millennia |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
37th |
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1999 Purdue University, West Lafayette |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
36th |
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June 6-11, 1998 Cleveland, Ohio |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
35th |
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1997 Ottawa, Canada |
CMS-AIPEA joint meeting |
34th |
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1996 Gatlinburg, TN |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
33rd |
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1995 Baltimore, MD |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
32nd |
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1994 Saskatoon, Saskattchewan, Canada |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
31st |
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1993 San Diego, California |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
30th |
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1992 Minneapolis |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with Soil Science Society of America |
29th |
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October 5-10, 1991 Houston, TX |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
28th |
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October 6-11, 1990 Columbia, Missouri |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 39th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
27th |
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1989 Sacramento, CA |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 38th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
26th |
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1988 Grand Rapids, Michigan |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 37th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
25th |
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1987 Soccoro, New Mexico |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 36th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
24th |
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1986 Jackson, Mississippi |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 35th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
23rd |
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1985 Denver, Colorado |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 34th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
22nd |
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1984 Barton Rouge, LA |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 33rd Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
21st |
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1983 Buffalo, NY |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 32nd Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
20th |
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Aug 8-14, 1982 Hilo, Hawaii |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 31st Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
19th |
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1981 Champaign, IL |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 30th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
18th |
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1980 Waco, TX |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 29th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
17th |
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1979 Macon, GA |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 28th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
16th |
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1978 University of Indiana, IN |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 27th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
15th |
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1977 Kingston, Jamaica |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 26th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
14th |
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1976 Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 25th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
13th |
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1975 Mexico City, Mexico |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 24th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
12th |
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1974 Case Western University, Cleveland, Ohio |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 23rd Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
11th |
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1973 Banff, Alberta, Canada |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 22nd Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
10th |
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1972 Falmouth, Massachusetts |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 21st Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
9th |
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Aug 8-12, 1971 Rapid city, South Dakota |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 20th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
8th |
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1970 Miami Beach, FL |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 19th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
7th |
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1969 Dallas, Texas |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 18th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
6th |
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1968 Bloomington, Indiana |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 17th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
5th |
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1967 Denver, Colorado |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 16th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
4th |
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1966 Melon Institute |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 15th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
3rd |
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1965 Berkley, CA |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 14th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
2nd |
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1964 Madison, WS |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 13th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
1st |
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1963 Atlanta, GA |
12th National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals |
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1961 University of Texas, Austin, TX |
10th National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals |
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October 5-8, 1960 Purdue University, Lafayette, IN |
9th National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals |
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1959 University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK |
8th National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals |
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1958 Washington, D.C. |
7th National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals |
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1957 University of California at Berkley, CA |
6th National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals |
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1956 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL |
5th National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals |
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1955 Penn State University, PA |
4th National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals |
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1954 Rice Institute |
3rd National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals |
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1953 University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri |
2nd National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals |
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1952 University of California at Berkley |
1st National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals |
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Date & Location |
Theme |
Annual meeting & organising institution(s) |
CMS Annual Meeting No. |
|---|---|---|---|
|
October 18–23, 2020 PNNL, Richland, Wa (virtual) |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
57th |
|
|
June 1-5, 2019 Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France |
International conference of clay science and technology |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with Euro Clay and the 6th Mediterranean Clay Meeting |
56th |
|
June 11-14, 2018 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL |
New Visions in Clay Science |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
55th |
|
June 2-7, 2017 Centre for Oil Sands Sustainability, Edmonton, Canada |
Living clays from nano-scale interactions to incorporation in everyday life |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
54th |
|
June 5-8, 2016 GA State University, Atlanta, GA |
Resurgent clays |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
53rd |
|
July 5-10, 2015 Edinburgh, Scotland |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with Euroclay James Kirkpatrick: The Marylin and Sturges W. Bailey Distinguished Member Award 2015 NMR spectroscopy and computational molecular modeling of clay minerals Balwant Singh: Jackson Mid-Career Award Imperfect minerals can control soil fertility and geochemistry Reinhard Kleeberg: Pioneer in Clay Science Lecturer |
52nd |
|
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May 17-21, 2014 Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas |
Everything is big, from nanoparticles to planets |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
51st |
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October 6-10l 2013 Univesrity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL |
50th Anniversary of the Clay Minerals Society |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
50th |
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July 7-11, 2012 Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado |
Shales and Imposters |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
49th |
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Sept 24-29, 2011 University of California (CA)/ Middlebury College |
Lake Tahoe Clays |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
48th |
|
June 6-11, 2010 Seville, Spain |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with the Clay Science Society of Japan and the Spanish Clay Society |
47th |
|
|
June 5-11, 2009 Billings, Montana |
Clays of the Big Sky |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
46th |
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April 6-10, 2008 New Orleans, Louisiana |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with American Chemical Society |
45th |
|
|
June 2-7, 2007 Santa Fe, New Mexico |
Enchanted Clays |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
44th |
|
June 3-7, 2007 Oléron, France |
Bridging Clays |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with French Clay Group |
43rd |
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2005 Burlington, Vermont |
Green Mountain Clays |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
42nd |
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June 19-24, 2004 Richland, WA |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
41st |
|
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2003 Athens, Georgia |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
40th |
|
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June 8-13, 2002 Boulder, Colorado |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
39th |
|
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2001 Madison, Wisconsin |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
38th |
|
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2000 Chicago, Illinois |
Clays in the Past and Future Millennia |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
37th |
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1999 Purdue University, West Lafayette |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
36th |
|
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June 6-11, 1998 Cleveland, Ohio |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
35th |
|
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1997 Ottawa, Canada |
CMS-AIPEA joint meeting |
34th |
|
|
1996 Gatlinburg, TN |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
33rd |
|
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1995 Baltimore, MD |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
32nd |
|
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1994 Saskatoon, Saskattchewan, Canada |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
31st |
|
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1993 San Diego, California |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
30th |
|
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1992 Minneapolis |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with Soil Science Society of America |
29th |
|
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October 5-10, 1991 Houston, TX |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting |
28th |
|
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October 6-11, 1990 Columbia, Missouri |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 39th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
27th |
|
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1989 Sacramento, CA |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 38th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
26th |
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1988 Grand Rapids, Michigan |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 37th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
25th |
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1987 Soccoro, New Mexico |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 36th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
24th |
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1986 Jackson, Mississippi |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 35th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
23rd |
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1985 Denver, Colorado |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 34th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
22nd |
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1984 Barton Rouge, LA |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 33rd Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
21st |
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1983 Buffalo, NY |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 32nd Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
20th |
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Aug 8-14, 1982 Hilo, Hawaii |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 31st Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
19th |
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1981 Champaign, IL |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 30th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
18th |
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1980 Waco, TX |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 29th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
17th |
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1979 Macon, GA |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 28th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
16th |
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1978 University of Indiana, IN |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 27th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
15th |
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1977 Kingston, Jamaica |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 26th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
14th |
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1976 Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 25th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
13th |
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1975 Mexico City, Mexico |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 24th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
12th |
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1974 Case Western University, Cleveland, Ohio |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 23rd Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
11th |
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1973 Banff, Alberta, Canada |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 22nd Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
10th |
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1972 Falmouth, Massachusetts |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 21st Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
9th |
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Aug 8-12, 1971 Rapid city, South Dakota |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 20th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
8th |
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1970 Miami Beach, FL |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 19th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
7th |
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1969 Dallas, Texas |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 18th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
6th |
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1968 Bloomington, Indiana |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 17th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
5th |
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1967 Denver, Colorado |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 16th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
4th |
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1966 Melon Institute |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 15th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
3rd |
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1965 Berkley, CA |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 14th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
2nd |
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1964 Madison, WS |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 13th Annual Clay Minerals Conference |
1st |
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1963 Atlanta, GA |
12th National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals |
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1961 University of Texas, Austin, TX |
10th National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals |
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October 5-8, 1960 Purdue University, Lafayette, IN |
9th National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals |
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1959 University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK |
8th National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals |
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1958 Washington, D.C. |
7th National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals |
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1957 University of California at Berkley, CA |
6th National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals |
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1956 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL |
5th National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals |
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1955 Penn State University, PA |
4th National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals |
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1954 Rice Institute |
3rd National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals |
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1953 University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri |
2nd National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals |
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1952 University of California at Berkley |
1st National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals |