Clay Minerals & Environmental Mineralogy Groups
Research in Progress Meeting
25 September 2014
Durham University, UK
Abstract submission deadline: 8th September, 2014
Instructions for Authors
Delegates may chose to present oral or poster presentations, and may each submit a maximum of
one oral and one poster abstract.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Delegates are invited to submit no more than one abstract as first author for oral presentation. All
talks will be either 12 (+ 3 minutes for questions) or 15 (+ 5 minutes for questions) minutes
duration. Delegates should indicate which talk length they prefer.
ABSTRACTS FOR ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS
Each abstract may be up to 1 page of A4. There should be a 2.5 cm margin on all sides of the page.
Please use an 11 pt Times New Roman font.
Your abstract must include the following:
 Presentation title
 Author names with the presenting author in bold type
 Author affiliations (superscript 1,2,3, etc after names to indicate addresses)
 Presenting author e-mail address
 Text (11 pt Times New Roman font)
 You may include figures and/or tables (embedded in the text and figure captions 9 pt Times
New Roman font)
 You may include a short list of references.
The following style should be used:
Title in sentence case, centred in 16 point bold
Presenting Author1 bold 11 point text centred
Author2 etc 11 point text centred
1
Author 1 address and email 10 point italic centred
2
Author 2 address 10 point italic centred etc
Text of the abstract should be in 11 point text and justified
Any references and figure captions should be given in 9 point text
Figures
Line diagrams and greyscale drawings must have a resolution of at least 600 dpi.
Photographs (halftones) must have a resolution of at least 300 dpi
It is also possible to include colour diagrams in your abstract, but please note that in the paper
abstract volume these will be printed in greyscale. (An electronic version of the abstract volume
with colour diagrams and photos will be available from the conference website.)
Submission of abstracts
Send the completed registration form to the Mineralogical Society office (as outlined on the form)
and e-mail your abstract to admin@minersoc.org as an attachment. Please remember to state your
preferred talk length.
PRESENTATIONS
Oral
For oral presentations, MS-Powerpoint is the preferred format.
Poster
Delegates are invited to submit no more than one abstract as first author for poster presentation (in
addition to their abstract for oral presentation).
Posters should be A0 portrait (84cm wide x 119cm high). Posters will remain up for the whole
meeting and must be placed on the appropriate poster board as early as possible on the first morning
of the meeting or as soon as you arrive. Posters should be attended by authors during the dedicated
poster session hours.