Conference & Meetings:
  • The 37th Applied Petrography Group (APG) meeting is scheduled for 29th February 2024 at The Geological Society, Burlington House, London. (details will be posted later).
  • The 17th International Conference on Alkali Aggregate Reaction in Concrete (ICAAR) is scheduled for 18-24 May 2024 to be held in Ottawa, Canada (further details and call for papers will be posted later). 
  • The Geological Society Engineering Geology Annual Conference is scheduled for 11 - 13th April 2024 to be held in Cambridge (this year will focus on the key themes of Groundwater in Engineering Geology and Engineering Geology of Infrastructure Development).
  • The 2024 Geo Materials Symposium will be hosted by the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol on 11th September 2024.  This will include opportunities for knowledge transfer in the skills and different techniques of thin section preparation, the preparation of high-quality petrographic sections and surfaces for microscopy analysis, including sample cutting, resin impregnation and stabilisation, grinding, lapping and polishing for EBSD, EMP, TEM and SEM.



Alkali-aggregate reaction in concrete