12th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction (WRI-12) Preface

摘要

The 12th International Symposium on Water–Rock Interaction (WRI-12) was held July 31–August 5, 2007, in the "spring city" of Kunming, China. As a measure of the sustained interest in this field,the symposium attracted 420 participants from 26 countries. The oral and poster presentations covered the latest research results of water–rock interaction in a wide spectrum of geochemical environments ranging from surficial weathering and low-temperature groundwater to high-temperature metamorphic and magmatic systems. As expected, many of the presentations covered topics of surface and groundwater pollution and geohazards. Other water–rock interaction topics included organic–inorganic interactions,geomicrobiology, stable and radiogenic isotopes, contamination from mining operations, climate change and CO2 sequestration.At registration, participants received two hard-cover proceedings volumes, edited by Thomas D. Bullen and WRI-12 Secretary General Yanxin Wang (2007), which include 360 papers and a WRI-record 1705 pages. Authors of selected short papers presented at the symposium were invited to amplify their proceedings papers into full-length journal articles for this special issue of Applied Geochemistry.