SSS
Soil System Sciences

Antonio Jordán

Antonio Jordán is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Seville and coordinator of the MED Soil Research Group. Antonio’s research focusses on rainfall-induced soil erosion processes, the effects of wildfires on soil properties and soil degradation in Mediterranean areas. He is an active members of the Soil System Sciences (SSS) Division of the European Geosciences Union (EGU), which coordinates the scientific programme on soil sciences.

Seminar series: Applied Earth Observation Techniques for Archaeology and the Environment

These seminars aim to explore and promote the use of Earth Observation (EO) techniques for different aspects of archaeological and paleoenvironmental research, including prospection/detection, classification, mapping and modeling. The variety of EO-related topics that will be presented in these seminars reflects some of the current trends in remote sensing applications in archaeological contexts. ...[Read More]

Monday paper: Biological and physical influences on soil 14CO2 seasonal dynamics in a temperate hardwood forest

Phillips, C. L., McFarlane, K. J., Risk, D., and Desai, A. R. 2013. Biological and physical influences on soil 14CO2 seasonal dynamics in a temperate hardwood forest. Biogeosciences, 10, 7999-8012. DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-7999-2013. Abstract While radiocarbon (14C) abundances in standing stocks of soil carbon have been used to evaluate rates of soil carbon turnover on timescales of several years to cen ...[Read More]

Monday paper: Paleosols in the Transantarctic Mountains: indicators of environmental change

Bockheim, J. G. 2013. Paleosols in the Transantarctic Mountains: indicators of environmental change. Solid Earth 4, 451-459. DOI: 10.5194/se-4-451-2013 Abstract The Transantarctic Mountains (TAMs), a 3500 km long chain that subdivides East Antarctica from West Antarctica, are important for reconstructing the tectonic, glacial, and climatic history of Antarctica. With an ice-free area of 24 200 km2 ...[Read More]

Monday paper: Subcritical water extraction to isolate kinetically different soil nitrogen fractions

Sleutel, S., Kader, M. A., Demeestere, K., Walgraeve, C., Dewulf, J., De Neve, S. 2013. Subcritical water extraction to isolate kinetically different soil nitrogen fractions. Biogeosciences 10, 7435-7447. DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-7435-2013 Abstract Soil organic N is largely composed of inherently biologically labile proteinaceous N and its persistence in soil is mainly explained by stabilization through ...[Read More]