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Javier Cuadros is affiliated with the Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant body of work investigating various aspects of clay minerals and their interactions within soils and planetary environments.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, Cuadros concentrates on subfields such as:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Biomaterials
  • Geochemistry and Petrology
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Geophysics

Their primary research topics cover:

  • Clay minerals and soil interactions
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Building materials and conservation
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Cuadros has made contributions to studies published in several prominent venues, including:

  • Clay Minerals
  • Applied Clay Science
  • American Mineralogist
  • Chemical Geology
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Frequent collaborators of Javier Cuadros have included:

  • George E. Christidis
  • Spain Huff
  • C.-H Zhou
  • S Hillier
  • J. R. Michalski

Some recent publications authored or co-authored by Cuadros include:

  • "Possible widespread occurrence of vermiculite on Mars," 2022, Applied Clay Science
  • "Geological diversity and microbiological potential of lakes on Mars," 2022, Nature Astronomy
  • "Brine-driven destruction of clay minerals in Gale crater, Mars," 2021, Science
  • "Clay minerals control rare earth elements (REE) fractionation in Brazilian mangrove soils," 2021, CATENA
  • "Reflectance spectroscopy applied to clay mineralogy and alteration intensity of a thick basaltic weathering sequence in Hainan Island, South China," 2020, Applied Clay Science

Best Publications

  • Groundwater activity on Mars and implications for a deep biosphere

    Joseph R. Michalski;Joseph R. Michalski;Javier Cuadros;Paul B. Niles;John Parnell

  • Clay minerals interaction with microorganisms: a review

    Javier Cuadros

  • Experimental kinetic study of the smectite-to-illite transformation

    J. Cuadros;J. Linares

  • The effect of iron on montmorillonite stability. (II) Experimental investigation

    James Wilson;James Wilson;James Wilson;Gordon Cressey;Barbara Cressey;Javier Cuadros

  • The effect of iron on montmorillonite stability. (I) Background and thermodynamic considerations

    James Wilson;James Wilson;James Wilson;David Savage;Javier Cuadros;Masahiro Shibata

  • Ancient hydrothermal seafloor deposits in Eridania basin on Mars.

    Joseph R. Michalski;Eldar Z. Noe Dobrea;Paul B. Niles;Javier Cuadros

  • Influence of mineralogy on the preservation of amino acids under simulated Mars conditions

    Renato dos Santos;Manish Patel;Manish Patel;Javier Cuadros;Zita Martins

  • Constraints on the crystal-chemistry of Fe/Mg-rich smectitic clays on Mars and links to global alteration trends

    Joseph R. Michalski;Joseph R. Michalski;Javier Cuadros;Janice L. Bishop;M. Darby Dyar

  • Brine-driven destruction of clay minerals in Gale crater, Mars

    T. F. Bristow;J. P. Grotzinger;E. B. Rampe;J. Cuadros

  • Dehydration of Ca-montmorillonite at the crystal scale. Part I: Structure evolution

    Eric Ferrage;Caroline A. Kirk;Gordon Cressey;Javier Cuadros

  • Saline lake diagenesis as revealed by coupled mineralogy and geochemistry of multiple ultrafine clay phases: Pliocene Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

    D. M. Deocampo;J. Cuadros;T. Wing-dudek;J. Olives

  • Interstratified kaolinite-smectite: Nature of the layers and mechanism of smectite kaolinization

    Teresa Dudek;Javier Cuadros;Saverio Fiore

  • Low-temperature illitization of smectite in the late eocene and early oligocene of the Isle of Wight (Hampshire basin), U.K.

    J.M. Huggett;J. Cuadros

  • A reinvestigation of smectite illitization in experimental hydrothermal conditions: Results from X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy

    Eric Ferrage;Eric Ferrage;Olivier Vidal;Régine Mosser-Ruck;Michel Cathelineau

  • Deposition of talc — kerolite–smectite — smectite at seafloor hydrothermal vent fields: Evidence from mineralogical, geochemical and oxygen isotope studies

    Vesselin M. Dekov;Javier Cuadros;Wayne C. Shanks;Randolph A. Koski

  • Analysis of Fe segregation in the octahedral sheet of bentonitic illite-smectite by means of FTIR, 27 Al MAS NMR and reverse Monte Carlo simulations

    Javier Cuadros

  • Modeling of smectite illitization in burial diagenesis environments

    Javier Cuadros

  • Characterization of mixed-layer illite-smectite from bentonites using microscopic, chemical, and X-ray methods: Constraints on the smectite-to-illite transformation mechanism

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  • Crystal-chemistry of interstratified Mg/Fe-clay minerals from seafloor hydrothermal sites

    Javier Cuadros;Joseph R. Michalski;Vesselin Dekov;Janice Bishop

  • Glauconite formation in lacustrine/palaeosol sediments, Isle of Wight (Hampshire Basin), UK

    J. M. Huggett;J. Cuadros

  • Dehydration of Ca-montmorillonite at the crystal scale. Part 2. Mechanisms and kinetics

    Eric Ferrage;Caroline A. Kirk;Gordon Cressey;Javier Cuadros

  • Interlayer cation effects on the hydration state of smectite

    Javier Cuadros

  • The worm gut; a natural clay mineral factory and a possible cause of diagenetic grain coats in sandstones

    Richard H. Worden;Sarah J. Needham;Javier Cuadros

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph R. Michalski
Joseph R. Michalski University of Hong Kong
Janice L. Bishop
Janice L. Bishop Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Luca Aldega
Luca Aldega Sapienza University of Rome
Dominik J. Weiss
Dominik J. Weiss Imperial College London
Gail M. Ashley
Gail M. Ashley Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Fred J. Longstaffe
Fred J. Longstaffe University of Western Ontario
José Miguel Nieto
José Miguel Nieto University of Huelva
Barry J. Coles
Barry J. Coles Imperial College London
M. Darby Dyar
M. Darby Dyar Mount Holyoke College
Mark A. Sephton
Mark A. Sephton Imperial College London

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