Dan H. Yaalon
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Dan Hardy Yaalon was an Israeli pedologist and soil scientist, who contributed to the fields of arid and Mediterranean pedology and paleopedology, as well as the history, sociology, and philosophy of soil science. Through a research career spanning over six decades , Yaalon was an active member of the International Union for Quaternary Research and the International Soil Science Society . He was awarded the Sarton Medal for his contribution to the history of science, and the Dokuchaev Award.
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- Soils in the Mediterranean region: what makes them different? (1997) (405)
- Down to earth (2019) (331)
- THE INFLUENCE OF DUST ON SOILS DURING THE QUATERNARY (1973) (330)
- Soil classification (1996) (177)
- Effect of matrix composition on carbonate nodule crystallization (1974) (149)
- Conceptual models in pedogenesis: Can soil-forming functions be solved? (1975) (145)
- Paleopedology: Origin, Nature and Dating of Paleosols (1972) (141)
- Two Causes for Runoff Initiation on Microbiotic Crusts: Hydrophobicity and Pore Clogging (1999) (140)
- Micromorphological fabrics and developmental stages of carbonate nodular forms related to soil characteristics (1982) (137)
- “The Changing Model of Soil” Revisited (2012) (136)
- Comments on “A Unifying Quantitative Analysis of Soil Texture” (1989) (132)
- Dynamics of cracking and swelling clay soils: Displacement of skeletal grains, optimum depth of slickensides, and rate of intra‐pedonic turbation (1978) (127)
- Shifting sands (1994) (123)
- FRAMEWORK FOR MAN-MADE SOIL CHANGES-AN OUTLINE OF METAPEDOGENESIS (1966) (122)
- Stages and rate of the gravel shattering process by salts in desert Reg soils (1993) (108)
- Saharan dust and desert loess: effect on surrounding soils (1987) (78)
- Mineral Composition of the Average Shale (1962) (76)
- EVOLUTION OF REG SOILS IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL AND SINAI (1982) (73)
- Chapter 8 - Climate, Time and Soil Development (1983) (72)
- Calcium carbonate nodules in soils: 13O/16O and 13C/12C ratios and 14C contents (1981) (71)
- Human-Soil Relations are Changing Rapidly: Proposals from SSSA's Cross-Divisional Soil Change Working Group (2011) (68)
- THE MICROMORPHOLOGY OF GYPSUM AND HALITE IN REG SOILS—THE NEGEV DESERT, ISRAEL (1996) (59)
- Factors Affecting the Lithification of Eolianite and Interpretation of its Environmental Significance in the Coastal Plain of Israel (1967) (57)
- Catenary soil relationships in Israel, 1. the netanya cate na on coastal dunes of the sharon (1969) (50)
- SEDIMENTARY CHARACTERISTICS AND CLIMATIC ANALYSIS OF EASTERLY DUST STORMS IN THE NEGEV (ISRAEL) (1966) (50)
- Vertical variation in strength and porosity of calcrete (nari) on chalk, Shefela, Israel and interpretation of its origin (1974) (49)
- Ecosystems of the World, Vol. 12A. Hot Deserts and Arid Shrublands: Michael Evenari, Imanuel Noy-Meir and D.W. Goodall (Editors), Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, 1985, ISBN 0-444-42282-X Vol 12A, x + 365 pp., Dfl. 300.00, U.S. $111.00 (hardback) (1986) (49)
- Note on soils with vesicular structure in deserts (1974) (44)
- Attitudes toward soils and their societal relevance: then and now. (2000) (40)
- Deflection of sand movement on a sinuous longitudinal (seif) dune: use of fluorescent dye as tracer (1983) (39)
- Deflection of sand movement on a sinuous longitudinal (seif) dune: use of fluorescent dye as tracer (1983) (39)
- THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF BROWN EARTHS ON CLAY‐WITH‐FLINTS AND COOMBE DEPOSITS (1959) (37)
- Distribution, nature and probable genesis of silcrete in arid and semi-arid southern Africa (1982) (35)
- Downward movement and distribution of anions in soil profiles with limited wetting (1965) (34)
- Problems of soil testing on calcareous soils (1957) (32)
- The Changing Model of Soil (2012) (31)
- Internal Structures in Eolianites and Paleowinds, Mediterranean Coast, Israel (1971) (30)
- Distribution and reorganization of manganese in three catenas of Mediterranean soils (1972) (30)
- Soils and quaternary geology (1986) (28)
- Soil Science in Transition: Soil Awareness and Soil Care Research Strategies (1996) (28)
- Human-induced Ecosystem and Landscape Processes Always Involve Soil Change (2007) (28)
- An experimental investigation of reddening in dune sand (1977) (25)
- E.W. Hilgard and John Wesley Powell: efforts for a joint agricultural and geological survey (1995) (25)
- Vertical movement in an undisturbed soil: Continuous measurement of swelling and shrinkage with a sensitive apparatus (1972) (25)
- Cyanobacteria are confined to dewless habitats within a dew desert: Implications for past and future climate change for lithic microorganisms (2014) (24)
- History of soil science : international perspectives (1997) (24)
- Aridic soils of Israel. (1981) (23)
- Parallel advance of slopes in aeolian loess deposits of the northern Negev, Israel (1992) (22)
- Weathering and mobility sequence of minor elements on a basaltic pedomorphic surface, Galilee, Israel (1974) (22)
- Factors controlling the supply and the chemical composition of aerosols in a near-shore and coastal environment (1970) (21)
- NON-EXCHANGEABLE AMMONIUM IN SOILS OF ISRAEL AND ITS RELATION TO CLAY AND PARENT MATERIALS (1974) (20)
- Is gullying associated with highly sodic colluvium? Further comment to the environmental interpretation of Southern African dongas (1987) (20)
- Nāri in the Levant: Historical and Etymological Aspects of a Specific Calcrete Formation (2012) (20)
- History of soil science in context: international perspective. (1997) (19)
- The concentration of ammonia and nitrate in rain water over Israel in relation to environmental factors (1964) (18)
- The determination of cation-exchange characteristics of saline and calcareous soils. (1962) (17)
- The soils we classify Essay review of recent publications on soil taxonomy (1995) (15)
- Catenary soil differentiation on opposite-facing slopes related to erosion-deposition and restricted leaching processes, northern Negev, Israel (1985) (13)
- The Effect of Lithium on the Cation Exchange Behaviour of Crystalline and Amorphous Clays (1970) (13)
- Soils of the Great Konya Basin, Turkey (1972) (13)
- The alternative meaning of pedoderm and its use for soil surface characterization (2006) (13)
- Non‐Exchangeable Ammonium Ions in Some Clays and Shales of Israel (1970) (10)
- The relevance of soils and paleosols in interpreting past and ongoing climatic changes (1990) (10)
- Pedogenic palygorskite in some arid brown (calciorthid) soils of Israel (1976) (9)
- Conceptual models in pedogenesis — A reply (1976) (9)
- Volcanic Soils: Weathering and Lanscape Relationship of Soils on Tephra and Basalt. 1985 (1986) (8)
- Soils of the past, an introduction to paleopedology: G.J. Retallack. Unwin Hyman, London, 1990, xvii + 520 pp., paperback £24.95, hardcover £60.00, ISBN 0-04-445 757 X, and 0-04-551 128-4 (1993) (7)
- The research paper. An informal guide for authors (1994) (7)
- ON MODELS, MODELING, AND PROCESS UNDERSTANDING (1994) (7)
- “Calgon” No Longer Suitable (1976) (7)
- Residual deposits: Surface related weathering processes and materials (1984) (7)
- Carbon Dynamics in Vertisols as Revealed by High-Resolution Sampling (2002) (7)
- Discussion of the paper by J.J. Ibáñez et al. (1998) (7)
- Salinization and salinity (1967) (7)
- Occurrence, Characteristics, and Genesis of Carbonate, Gypsum, and Silica Accumulations in Soils (1993) (7)
- Internal geometry and origin of vegetated coastal sand dunes (1975) (6)
- Comments on the source, transport and deposition scenario of Saharan dust to southern Europe☆ (1997) (6)
- Some implications of fundamental concepts of pedology in soil classification. (1960) (5)
- On high-iron montmorillonites: discussion of the "Significance of magnesium and iron in montmorillonite formation from basic igneous rocks.". (1970) (5)
- On the importance of international communication in soil science (1999) (5)
- CHEMICAL CHANGES IN RAIN—FED MARSH WATERS DURING THE DRY SEASON (1964) (5)
- More on citation analysis (1995) (4)
- FUNCTIONS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY APPEAR TO BE: A COMMENT ON “SOILS DEVELOPED IN LATE PLEISTOCENE TILL, MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS, WYOMING” (1992) (4)
- A COMPARISON OF AMMONIUM AND SODIUM ACETATE EXTRACTION FOR DISPLACING EXCHANGEABLE POTASSIUM IN SOILS (1968) (4)
- Brief comments on red Mediterranean soils (2009) (4)
- Soils on a warmer earth. Projecting the effect of increased CO2 and gaseous emissions on soils in Mediterranean and subtropical areas. (1990) (4)
- ON FORTUITOUS RESULTS AND COMPENSATING ERRORS (1992) (3)
- Sandstone Weathering Thresholds at Petra, Jordan: Comments on Paradise, 1995; Sandstone Weathering Thresholds at Petra, Jordan: Reply to Yaalon, 1996 (1996) (3)
- Soil fertility in the Great Konya Basin, Turkey: P.H. Janssen. Agricultural Research Reports 750, Pudoc, Wageningen, 1970, 115 pp., 53 figs (1972) (3)
- Chapter 14 Soils on a Warmer Earth: Projecting the effect of increased CO2 and gaseous emissions on soils in Mediterranean and subtropical regions (1990) (3)
- The Determination of Titanium by Tiron in the Presence of Large Amounts of Calcium and Iron. II (1967) (3)
- Proposed projects—Working group 2, interlaken workshop for past global changes (1990) (3)
- Soil salinity and alkalinity in the Great Konya Basin, Turkey (1972) (2)
- Highly calcareous lacustrine soils in the Great Konya Basin, Turkey: T. de Meester. Agricultural Research Reports 752, Pudoc, Wageningen, 1971, 169 pp., 75 figs (1972) (2)
- Paleopedology: origin, nature, and dating of paleosols : papers (1971) (2)
- Comments on soil memory and paleo-environmental reconstruction of soil evolution (2011) (2)
- Geoecology: An Evolutionary Approach, xx + 320, Routledge, London, US$65.00 (hardbound), US$25.00 (paperback), 0-415-08689-2, 0-415-08710-4 (pbk) (1996) (2)
- The Mixed Compounds of Calcium and Titanium With Tiron. I (1967) (2)
- Book review essay : Palaeosols in the mainstream pedological literature : a review of some recent texts (1986) (2)
- FORERUNNERS AND FOUNDERS OF PEDOLOGY AS A SCIENCE (1989) (2)
- Chemical weathering rates of silicate minerals, White A.F., Brantley S.L. (Eds.), in: Reviews in Mineralogy, 31. Mineralogical Society of America, 1015 18th str. NW, Suite 601, Washington, DC, (1995), 583, ISBN 0-939950-38-3, xv + US$30.00 (paperback) (1997) (2)
- Global change and the terrestrial record—Report of working group 2, Interlaken workshop for past global changes (1990) (2)
- Factors of Soil Formation: a Fiftieth Anniversary Retrospective, R.G. Amundson, J.W. Harden, M.J. Singer (Eds.), in: SSSA Special Publ. 33. Madison, WI (1994), ISBN 0-89118-804-5, xvii + 160 pp., paperback US$24.00 (1995) (2)
- Publishing in Soil Science: Historical Developments and Current Trends. (2003) (1)
- Displacing Exchangeable Potassium in Cation Exchange Determinations (1968) (1)
- Geomorphic processes in arid environments = - Geomorphologische Prozesse arider Gebiete (1974) (1)
- NOTE SOIL PEDON IS NOT A SUITABLE TERM (1990) (1)
- Africa needs locally trained soil specialists to improve land use (2000) (1)
- Weathering, soils and paleosols: I.P. Martini and W. Chesworth (Editors). Developments in Earth Surface Processes, 2, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1992, xxi + 618 pp., US $133.50, ISBN 0-444-89198-6 (1993) (1)
- Laterites, Aleva G.J.J., in: Concepts, Geology, Morphology and Chemistry. ISRIC, Chichester—New York—Brisbane—Toronto—Singapore (1994), ix + 169, 22 figures, 8 colour plates (1996) (1)
- Aridic soils and geomorphic processes : proceedings of the International Conference of the International Society of Soil Science, Jerusalem, Israel, March 29-April 4, 1981 (1982) (1)
- Book reviewIntroduction to the Study of Soils in Tropical and Subtropical Regions: P. Buringh. 3rd edition, PUDOC, Wageningen, 1979, 16 plates, 124 pp., soft cover, Dfl. 26.00 (1980) (0)
- Microminerals and micromineralogy (1965) (0)
- Geoecology: An Evolutionary Approach, R.J. Huggett. (1995), xx + 320, 0-415-08689-2, 0-415-08710-4 (pbk) (1996) (0)
- INQUA/ISSS Paleopedology Commission: Report from the President on present and future activities (2008) (0)
- Understanding Soil Change: Soil Sustainability over Millennia, Centuries, and Decades. (2002) (0)
- Natural Resources and Development in Arid Regions (1983) (0)
- DIRT — The Erosion of Civilizations, David R. Montgomery. Univ. of California Press (2007), Hardcover 294 pp., Price $ 24.95, ISBN 0520248708 (2008) (0)
- Palaeopedology, an aid in Quaternary stratigraphical investigations (1970) (0)
- Classification Systems: Historical Developments (2017) (0)
- The soil as a reactor, modelling processes in the soil, Jörg Richter. (1987), 195 pp., DM 38,50 / US$ 24.-, ISBN: 3-923381-09-3 (1988) (0)
- Geomorphology and soils, K. S. Richards, R. R. Arnett and S. Ellis (eds), ahen & unwin, London, 1984. no. of pages: xviii + 441. price: $st 35.00 (1986) (0)
- Direct Spectrophotometric Determination of Iron in the HCl Soluble Fraction of Carbonate Rocks (1966) (0)
- The earliest geological map of the Near Eas1751 (1991) (0)
- Book reviews (2005) (0)
- The Direct Determination of Copper and Lead in the HCl Soluble Fraction of Carbonate Rocks (1966) (0)
- Quaternary Soils: W.C. Mahaney (Editor). Geo Abstracts Ltd., Norwich (England), 1978, 508 pp., Paperback £12.00 ($24.00) (1980) (0)
- Geology of Soils, Charles B. Hunt. W. H. Freeman and Company, Ames, Iowa (1972), 344 pp., 152 figs., $ 12.50 (1973) (0)
- A colour guide to paleosols (1998) (0)
- Miocene paleosols and ape habitats of Pakistan and Kenya: by G.J. Retallack. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, 1991. Hardcover. viii+346 pp. Price £50.00. ISBN 0-19-506002-4 (1995) (0)
- International conference on aridic soils — properties, genesis and management Jerusalem, Israel, March 29–April 4, 1981 (1980) (0)
- Desertification of Arid Lands, 1983 (1985) (0)
- Comments to the article: «clay hillslope erosion rates in Basento Valley, S. Italy» by Helen Rendell (1983) (0)
- Soils of the Kücük Menderes Valley, Turkey: H.W. Boxem and W.G. Wielemaker (Editors). Agricultural Research Reports 785. Pudoc, Wageningen, 1972, 251 pp., 96 illus., 2 maps 1:100,000 (1973) (0)
- Rivers of diamonds. An alluvial history of the Lower Vaal Basin, South Africa: David M. Helgren. University of Chicago, Department of Geography Research Paper No. 185, 389 pp., 1979, paperback $8.00 (1981) (0)
- Red-brown earths of Australia (1982) (0)
- World Soils, E.M. Bridges. Cambridge University Press, San Francisco (1970), 89 pp., 70 figs., 32 colour photos, 1.20 (1973) (0)
- Desert sediments: Ancient and modern, L. E. Frostick and I. Reid (eds), Geol. soc. special publ. no. 35, Blackwell scientific publishers, Oxford, 1987. No. of pages: xi+ 401. price £45.00 (1990) (0)
- Applied Geomorphology — A Perspective of the Contribution of Geomorphology to Interdisciplinary Studies and Environmental Management: John R. Hails (Editor). Elsevier, Amsterdam and New York, 1977, xv + 418 pp., US $39.95, Dfl.98.00 (1978) (0)
- Irrigation and carbon dioxide, or what’s in a supposition (1981) (0)
- Irrigation and carbon dioxide, or what's in a supposition (1981) (0)
- Soils of the Desert Zone of the U.S.S.R. E.V. Lobova. Israel: Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, 1967, 405 pp., 91 tables, 54 illus., U.S.$ 15.25. (1969) (0)
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