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Universidad de Granada

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Influence of Natural Daylight on Soil Color Description: Assessment Using a Color-Appearance Model

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Effects of the fabric on the relationship between aggregate stability and color in a Regosol-Umbrisol soilscape

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Papers

  1. Sanchez-Maranon, M; Garcia, PA; Huertas, R; Hernandez-Andres, J; Melgosa, M. Influence of Natural Daylight on Soil Color Description: Assessment Using a Color-Appearance Model. SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL, 75 (3): 984-993 MAY-JUN 2011. DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2010.0336
  2. Sanchez-Maranon, M; Martin-Garcia, JM; Delgado, R. Effects of the fabric on the relationship between aggregate stability and color in a Regosol-Umbrisol soilscape. GEODERMA, 162 (1-2): 86-95 APR 15 2011. DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.01.008
  3. Gamiz, E; Parraga, J; Sanchez-Maranon, M; Melgosa, M; Fernandez-Gonzalez, MV; Delgado, R. Is the Pharmacopoeia test a good estimator of the organic impurities in kaolin? APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE, 51 (4): 431-437 MAR 2011. DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2011.01.001
  4. Miralles, I; Ortega, R; Almendros, G; Sanchez-Maranon, M; Soriano, M. Soil quality and organic carbon ratios in mountain agroecosystems of South-east Spain. GEODERMA, 150 (1-2): 120-128 APR 15 2009. DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.01.011
  5. Delgado, G; Aranda, V; Calero, J; Sanchez-Maranon, M; Serrano, JM; Sanchez, D; Vila, MA. Using fuzzy data mining to evaluate survey data from olive grove cultivation. COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE, 65 (1): 99-113 JAN 2009. DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2008.08.001
  6. Delgado, G; Aranda, V; Calero, J; Sanchez-Maranon, M; Serrano, JM; Sanchez, D; Vila, MA. Building a fuzzy logic information network and a decision-support system for olive cultivation in Andalusia. SPANISH JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, 6 (2): 252-263 JUN 2008.
  7. Sanchez-Maranon, M; Ortega, R; Miralles, I; Soriano, M. Estimating the mass wetness of Spanish soils from lightness measurements. GEODERMA, 141 (3-4): 397-406 OCT 15 2007. DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2007.07.005
  8. Delgado, R; Sanchez-Maranon, M; Martin-Garcia, JM; Aranda, V; Serrano-Bernardo, F; Rosua, JL. Impact of ski pistes on soil properties: a case study from a mountainous area in the Mediterranean region. SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT, 23 (3): 269-277 SEP 2007. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2007.00093.x
  9. Miralles, I; Ortega, R; Sanchez-Maranon, M; Soriano, M; Almendros, G. Assessment of biogeochemical trends in soil organic matter sequestration in Mediterranean calcimorphic mountain soils (Almeria, Southern Spain). SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY, 39 (10): 2459-2470 OCT 2007. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.04.017
  10. Miralles, I; Ortega, R; Sanchez-Maranon, M; Leiros, MC; Trasar-Cepeda, C; Gil-Sotres, F. Biochemical properties of range and forest soils in Mediterranean mountain environments. BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS, 43 (6): 721-729 AUG 2007. DOI: 10.1007/s00374-006-0155-9
  11. Calero, J; Delgado, G; Sanchez-Maranon, M; Sanchez, D; Vila, MA; Serrano, JM. An experience in management of imprecise soil databases by means of fuzzy association rules and fuzzy approximate dependencies. Editor(s): Seruca, I; Cordeiro, J; Hammoudi, S; Filipe, J. Enterprise Information Systems VI: 158-166 2006.
  12. Sanchez-Maranon, M; Huertas, R; Melgosa, M. Colour variation in standard soil-colour charts. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL RESEARCH, 43 (7): 827-837 2005. DOI: 10.1071/SR04169
  13. Gamiz, E; Melgosa, M; Sanchez-Maranon, M; Martin-Garcia, JM; Delgado, R. Relationships between chemico-mineralogical composition and color properties in selected natural and calcined Spanish kaolins. APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE, 28 (1-4): 269-282 JAN 2005. DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2004.02.004
  14. Huertas, R; Rivas, MJ; Melgosa, M; Sanchez-Maranon, M; Bhosle, S; Damelincourt, JJ. Uniformity of lighting in color assessment cabinets. Editor(s): Righini, GC; Consortini, A. OPTICS FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE, PTS 1 AND 2, 4829: 914-916 Part 1&2 2003.
  15. Sanchez-Maranon, M; Soriano, M; Melgosa, M; Delgado, G; Delgado, R. Quantifying the effects of aggregation, particle size and components on the colour of Mediterranean soils. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE, 55 (3): 551-565 SEP 2004. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2004.00624.x
  16. Miralles, I; Ortega, R; Canton, Y; Soriano, M; Sanchez-Maranon, M. Estimation of slope classes from digital terrain models and maps with equidistant elevation lines. AGROCHIMICA, 47 (5-6): 220-226 SEP-DEC 2003.
  17. Sanchez-Maranon, M; Soriano, M; Miralles, I; Ortega, R; Melgosa, M. Testing color-mixing laws in soil mineral mixtures. CGIV'2002: FIRST EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON COLOUR IN GRAPHICS, IMAGING, AND VISION, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS: 202-205 2002.
  18. Soriano, M; Sanchez-Maranon, M; Melgosa, M; Gamiz, E; Delgado, R. Influence of chemical and mineralogical composition on color for commercial talcs. COLOR RESEARCH AND APPLICATION, 27 (6): 430-440 DEC 2002. DOI: 10.1002/col.10096
  19. Sanchez-Maranon, M; Soriano, M; Delgado, G; Delgado, R. Soil quality in Mediterranean mountain environments: Effects of land use change. SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL, 66 (3): 948-958 MAY-JUN 2002.
  20. Sanchez-Maranon, M; Gamiz, E; Delgado, G; Delgado, R. Mafic-ultramafic soils affected by silicic colluvium in the Sierra Nevada Mountains (southern Spain). CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE, 79 (3): 431-442 AUG 1999.
  21. Soriano, M; Melgosa, M; Sanchez-Maranon, M; Delgado, G; Gamiz, E; Delgado, R. Whiteness of talcum powders as a quality index for pharmaceutical uses. COLOR RESEARCH AND APPLICATION, 23 (3): 178-185 JUN 1998.
  22. SanchezMaranon, M; Delgado, G; Melgosa, M; Hita, E; Delgado, R. CIELAB color parameters and their relationship to soil characteristics in Mediterranean red soils. SOIL SCIENCE, 162 (11): 833-842 NOV 1997.
  23. MartinGarcia, JM; Delgado, G; SanchezMaranon, M; Parraga, JF; Delgado, R. Nature of dioctahedral micas in Spanish red soils. CLAY MINERALS, 32 (1): 107-121 MAR 1997.
  24. SanchezMaranon, M; Delgado, R; Parraga, J; Delgado, G. Multivariate analysis in the quantitative evaluation of soils for reforestation in the Sierra Nevada (southern Spain). GEODERMA, 69 (3-4): 233-248 FEB 1996.
  25. SanchezMaranon, M; Delgado, G; Delgado, R; Perez, MM; Melgosa, M. Spectroradiometric and visual color measurements of disturbed and undisturbed soil samples. SOIL SCIENCE, 160 (4): 291-303 OCT 1995.
  26. CalvoFlores, GD; SanchezMaranon, M; Gutierrez, CO; CalvoFlores, RD. Soil fertility capability classification of northwest Sierra-Nevada (Ganada, Spain). AGROCHIMICA, 33 (4-5): 289-301 JUL-OCT 1989.