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Manuel Miguel Jordán
Other affiliations: James I University
Bio: Manuel Miguel Jordán is an academic researcher from Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche. The author has contributed to research in topics: Soil water & Ceramic. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 95 publications receiving 1706 citations. Previous affiliations of Manuel Miguel Jordán include James I University.
Topics: Soil water, Ceramic, Illite, Sludge, Biosolids
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TL;DR: In this paper, the mineralogical transformations caused by firing of five different compositions used in the formulation of ceramic pastes have been studied, including enstatite, gehlenite, hercynite and mullite.
157 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the results of the substitution of clay for sewage sludge in different proportions in a ceramic body were analyzed by an analytical protocol and the most suitable products were selected regarding to the chemical composition and the technological characterisation of the resulting ceramic material.
111 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the results of the addition of marble sludge and urban sewage sludge in different proportions to clay in a ceramic body were evaluated and the most suitable products were selected regarding the mineralogical composition of the resulting ceramic material and its technological behaviour.
107 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the behavior of ceramic clays from the area around Castellon (Spain) having a large ceramic industry was studied by using X-ray diffraction and the results from the study of mineralogical transformations show the persistence of illite up to at least 900°C.
103 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a sample of Mediterranean forest soil was exposed in a muffle furnace to seven temperatures (100 −700°C) for 15 min to simulate different fire intensities.
Abstract: Samples of a Mediterranean forest soil were exposed in a muffle furnace to seven temperatures (100–700°C) for 15 min to simulate different fire intensities. Heated soils were incubated for 100 days after re-inoculation with fresh unheated soil. Immediately after heating, the extractable organic C increased with the heating temperature, reaching a maximum at 400°C. This increase in extractable organic C and nutrients in soils heated below 400°C allowed a rapid recolonization of bacteria, increasing the basal respiration. During the 100-day incubation, the cumulative values of basal respiration and carbon mineralization rates generally followed a double exponential equation in unheated and heated samples. Heating at 200°C caused a reduction of 99.6% for fungi (measured as culturable fungal propagules), which showed lower recolonization capacity than that of bacteria. Heating also caused a decrease in the organic C content of the soils, especially for the highest temperatures. As a consequence, the microbial biomass carbon recovery was short lived in heated soils. The varied effects of heating and incubation on the inorganic and organic nitrogen changes, available nutrients and metabolic quotients are also discussed. This study demonstrates that changes in soils exposed to comparatively high temperatures (>500°C) have a particularly strong impact on microbial population.
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TL;DR: There is a dire need to monitor biogeochemical behavior of Cr in soil-plant system, as Chromium induces phytotoxicity by interfering plant growth, nutrient uptake and photosynthesis, inducing enhanced generation of reactive oxygen species, causing lipid peroxidation and altering the antioxidant activities.
671 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of Mediterranean post-wildfire hydrology, soil properties and soil erosion by water is presented, which highlights the characteristics of Mediterranean landscapes and highlights the impact of wildfire on hydrology and soil properties.
584 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an up-to-date review of the research on this topic and an analysis of the causes for the different effects observed and the implications for soil system functioning and for the hydrology of the affected areas are also discussed.
475 citations
TL;DR: The elevated mobilization potential, e.g., through competition and ligand induced desorption, is the reason for faster Cd release from soil into groundwater than other heavy metals.
464 citations