Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

2011 (published/accepted/submitted)

  • Banwart S (with SoilTrEC Project Board) 2011. Save our soils, Nature. 474: 151–152
  • Banwart S and SoilTrEC Consortium. 2011. Soil Processes and Functions in Critical Zone Observatories: Hypotheses and Experimental Design. Vadose Zone Journal 10: 974-987.
  • Bernasconi S.M. and the BigLink Consortium. 2011. Chemical and biological gradients along the Damma Glacier soil chronosequence (Switzerland). In Press: Vadose Zone Journal 10: 867-883.
  • Farkas J, Dejeant A, Novak M and Jacobsen SB. 2011. Calcium isotope constraints on the uptake and sources of Ca2+ in a base-poor forest: A new concept of combining stable (d44/42Ca) and radiogenic (εCa) signals. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 75: 7031-7046.
  • Hindshaw RS, Tipper ET, Reynolds BC, Lemarchand E, Wiederhold JG, Magnusson J, Bernasconi SM, Kretzschmar R and Bourdon B. 2011. Hydrological control of stream water chemistry in a glacial catchment (Damma Glacier, Switzerland). I. 285: 215-230.
  • Nikolaidis NP and Bidoglio G. Conceptual Modeling of Soil Organic Matter and Structure Dynamics: A Synthesis. GeoDerma (submitted revisions)
  • Nikolaidis N.P, Bouraoui F, Bidoglio G. Hydrologic and geochemical modeling of a karstic Mediterranean watershed. Journal of Hydrology and Earth Systems Science (submitted)
  • Stamati F, Nikolaidis NP and Schnoor JP. The role of soil texture on carbon and nitrogen sequestration in agricultural soils of different climates. Journal of Environmental Quality (submitted revisions).
  • Zhang B, Tang J, Gao C and Zepp H, Subsurface lateral flow from hillslope and its contribution to nitrate loading in streams through an agricultural catchment during typical rainstorm events. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (submitted)


2010

  • An SS, Mentler A, Mayer H and Blum WEH. 2010. Soil aggregation, aggregate stability, organic carbon and nitrogen in different soil aggregate fractions under forest and shrub vegetation on the Loess Plateau, China. Catena 81: 226-233.


Conference papers

2011

  • Bencokova A, Hruska J and Krám P. 2011. Modeling of anticipated climate change impact on biogeochemical cycles of acidified headwater catchment. Applied Geochemistry 26: S6-S8
  • Blum W.E.H.: Role of soils in integrated river basin management under climate change. In: Quevauviller Ph., U. Borchers, K. C. Thompson and T. Simonart (Eds.): The Water Framework Directive – Action Programmes and Adaptation to Climate Change, pp. 115-125, 2011. The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2011 (ISBN: 978-1-84973-053-2).
  • Gísladóttir G, Erlendsson E, Lal R and Bigham J. 2011. Erosional effects on terrestrial resources over the last millennium in Reykjanes, southwest Iceland. Quaternary Research. 73: 20-32.
  • Kercheva F, Rousseva S, Dimitrov E, Nenov M and Shishkov T. 2011. Soil aggregation estimates in CZO Fuchsenbigl. Applied Geochemistry. 26: S57-S59
  • Kobierska F, Jonas T, Magnusson J, Zappa M, Bavay M, Bosshard T, Paul F and Bernasconi SM. 2011. Climate change effects on snow melt and discharge of a partly glacierized watershed in Central Switzerland (SoilTrec Critical Zone Observatory), Applied Geochemistry. 26: S60-S62
  • Moraetis D, Stamati F, Kotronakis M, Fragia T, Paranychnianakis N and Nikolaidis NP. 2011. Identification of hydrologic and geochemical pathways using high frequency sampling, REE aqueous sampling and soil characterization at Koiliaris Critical Zone Observatory, Crete. Applied Geochemistry. 26(1): S101-S104.
  • Nikolaidis NP. 2011. Human impacts on soils: Tipping points and knowledge gaps. Applied Geochemistry. 26(1): S230-S233.
  • Ragnarsdottir KV, Sverdrup HU and Koca D. 2011. Challenging the planetary boundaries I: Basic principles of an integrated model for phosphorous supply dynamics and global population size. Ninth International Symposium on the Geochemistry of the Earth´s Surface (GES-9), Boulder, Colorado, USA. Applied Geochemistry. 26: S303-304.
  • Stamati FE, Nikolaidis NP, Venieri D, Psillakis E and Kalogerakis N. 2011. Dissolved organic nitrogen as an indicator of livestock impacts on soil biochemical quality. Applied Geochemistry. 26: S340-S343.
  • Sverdrup HU and Ragnarsdottir KV. 2011. Challenging the planetary boundaries II: Assessing the sustainable global population and phosphate supply, using a systems dynamics assessment model. Ninth International Symposium on the Geochemistry of the Earth´s Surface (GES-9), Boulder, Colorado, USA. Applied Geochemistry. 26: S307-310.
  • van Leeuwen JP, Hemerik L, Bloem J and de Ruiter PC. 2011. Food webs and ecosystem services during soil transformations. Ninth International Symposium on the Geochemistry of the Earth´s Surface (GES-9), Boulder, Colorado, USA. Applied Geochemistry. 26: S142
  • Zumsteg A, Bernasconi SM, Zeyer J and Frey B. 2011. Microbial community and activity shifts after soil transplantation in a glacier forefield. Applied geochemistry. 26: S326-S329.


Conference Abstracts

2011

  • Bernasconi SM and the BigLink Consortium. 2011. Chemical and biological gradients along the soil chronosequence of the Damma Glacier Critical Zone observatory (Switzerland). EGU General Assembly 2011, Vol. 13, EGU2011-13052.
  • Birkholz A, Smittenberg R, Hajdas I, Wacker L, Bakke J and.Bernasconi SM. 2011. Reconstruction of soil organic carbon build-up and dynamics using compound-specific radiocarbon analysis of lake sediments. EGU General Assembly 2011, Vol. 13, EGU2011-5936, 2011
  • Blum WEH.2011. Forms of energy involved in weathering processes, Goldschmidt Conference (accepted)
  • Farkaš J, Déjeant A, Novák M, Jacobsen SB. 2011.Isotope constraints on the biogeochemical cycling of calcium (Ca) in a base-poor forest ecosystem, Goldschmidt conference (accepted)
  • Kobierska F, Jonas T, Magnusson J, Zappa M, Bavay M, Bosshard T and Bernasconi S. 2011. Climate change effects on snow melt and discharge of a partly glacierized watershed in Central Switzerland. EGU General Assembly, Vol. 13, EGU2011-11976.
  • Knust C , Lair G, Feger KH, Liebhard P and Blum WEH.2011. Increasing demand for biomass energy: How does short rotation coppice impact soil properties in the medium and long-term? A case study in young soils in the Marchfeld, Lower Austria. 6th ISMOM - Soil Interfaces in a Changing World, 26June - 1July, Montpellier, Book of Abstracts, p.50.
  • Kram P and Hruska J. 2011. Modeling of soil degradation in the Czech critical zone observatories. Goldschmidt Conference, Prague (accepted)
  • Kram P and Hruska J. 2011. Streamwater patterns in geochemically contrasting monolithologic spruce catchments., In: European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna. Geophysical Research Abstracts 13: EGU2011-12641.
  • Kram P. 2011. Hydrological balance of the long-term monitored Lysina catchment (In Czech, Hydrologická bilance dlouhodobe monitorovaného povodí Lysina). In: Sír M., Tesar M. (eds.) Conference Proceedings: Hydrology of a small catchment 2011, Institute for Hydrodynamics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, 259-265.
  • Lair GJ and Blum WEH. 2011. Soil carbon build-up during soil formation, influenced by different forms of land use. Goldschmidt Conference (accepted)
  • Lehtinen T, Lair G, Ragnarsdóttir KV and Gisladóttir G. 2011. Response of soil to different farming practices – case studies in Iceland and Austria. Young Scientists Forum, BOKU, Vienna, June.
  • Menon M and SoilTrEC Consortium. 2011. SoilTrEC: An international consortium to assess soil processes and functions using a global network of critical zone observatories, Goldschmidt conference (accepted)


2010

  • Blum W.E.H.: Forms of energy involved in weathering processes. 2010. Geochimica and Cosmochimica Acta, Goldschmidt Conference, Abstracts. p. A99
  • Kram P. 2010. Influence of lithology on streamwater chemistry. Goldschmidt Conference 2010, Knoxville, TN, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74: Suppl. 1, A537.
  • Kram P and Hruska J. 2010. Streamwater chemistry in three contrasting monolithologic watersheds. In: Birkle P. and Torres-Alvarado I.S. (eds.) Water-Rock Interaction, Proceedings of the 13th International Conference. CRC Press/Balkema, Taylor & Francis Group, London, 257-260.
  • Bernasconi S.M., Smittenberg R.H., BigLink Consortium (2010) Chemical and biological gradients along the Damma glacier soil chronosequence. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 74:A83-A83.


2009

  • Bernasconi SM and the BigLink Consortium. 2009. Weathering, soil formation and ecosystem evolution along the soil chronosequnce of the Damma Glacier, central Alps, Switzerland: The BigLink Critical Zone Observatory. EGU General Assembly. Vol. 11, EGU2009-6348.


MSc Thesis

  • Jónsdóttir E.M. 2011. Soil Sustainability Assessment – Proposed Soil Indicators for Sustainability. MSc Thesis, Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland.


Others Miscellaneous Publications

Poster presentations

  • Lehtinen T. 2010. Do soil properties differ in organically versus conventionally managed agricultural systems? PhD training course on Soil Ecology. University of Wageningen.
  • Lehtinen T. 2010. SoilTrEC – Soil Health in organic versus concentional agricultural systems. Critical Zone Young People Training Workshop, PennState


Oral presentations

  • Ragnarsdottir KV. 2010. The State of World´s Soils. Threats and Solutions for Food Futures. International Balaton Group workshop on Food Security. Selfoss, Iceland.
  • Sverdrup HU and Ragnarsdottir KV. 2010. Peak Phosphorous. Implications for Food Futures. International Balaton Group workshop on Food Security. Selfoss, Iceland.


Media Coverage

  • The state of our soils, International Innovation, October 2011.
  • Looking down. Finding out about the soil beneath our feet. Interview for Deltares Views no.4, December 2010.