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Environmental Sciences
Australia
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
71
Citations
16155
World Ranking
1612
National Ranking
74

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Australia Leader Award
  • 1990 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Overview

R. J. Gilkes is affiliated with the University of Western Australia and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work encompasses several subfields including Soil Science, Biomaterials, Environmental Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, and aspects of Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law.

Their research topics focus notably on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Clay minerals and soil interactions, Soil and Unsaturated Flow, Soil and Land Suitability Analysis, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions, and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics.

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by R. J. Gilkes are:

  • Effects of Biochar on Properties of Tropical Sandy Soils Under Organic Agriculture, 2020, Journal of Agricultural Science
  • Microbial influence on dolomite and authigenic clay mineralisation in dolocrete profiles of NW Australia, 2023, Geobiology
  • Influence of Application of Organic Residues of Different Biochemical Quality on Phosphorus Fractions in a Tropical Sandy Soil, 2021, Agronomy
  • Characterization of Pterocarpus macrocarpus (pradoo wood) biochar and its effect on the retention properties of sandy soils in Northeast Thailand, 2021, Soil Use and Management
  • The response of sweet corn to biochar and chemical fertilizer applications for a sandy soil, 2020, Journal of Agricultural and Crop Research

Frequent coauthors in their work include N. Prakongkep (4 collaborations), Claude Hammecker (3 collaborations), Worachart Wisawapipat (2 collaborations), Parapond Leksungnoen (2 collaborations), and Chanida Kerdchana.

R. J. Gilkes' publications have appeared in diverse venues including the Journal of Agricultural Science, Geobiology, Agronomy, Soil Use and Management, and the Journal of Agricultural and Crop Research.

The scientist was recognized with the title of Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) in 1990.

Best Publications

  • Pedogenesis and pre-Colombian land use of “Terra Preta Anthrosols” (“Indian black earth”) of Western Amazonia

    Hedinaldo N Lima;Carlos E.R Schaefer;Jaime W.V Mello;Robert J Gilkes

  • Dissolution of Iron Oxides and Oxyhydroxides in Hydrochloric and Perchloric Acids

    P. S. Sidhu;R. J. Gilkes;R. M. Cornell;A. M. Posner

  • Factors influencing the release of plant nutrient elements from silicate rock powders: a geochemical overview.

    A.D. Harley;Robert Gilkes

  • A minimum data set for assessing soil quality in rangelands

    Seyed Ata Rezaei;Robert J. Gilkes;Susan S. Andrews

  • Properties and distribution of iron oxides and their association with minor elements in the soils of south‐western Australia

    [No Value] Balwant Singh;R.J. Gilkes

  • Evaluation of bauxite residues (red muds) of different origins for environmental applications

    K. Snars;Robert Gilkes

  • The effects of landscape attributes and plant community on soil chemical properties in rangelands

    Seyed Ata Rezaei;Robert J. Gilkes

  • Phosphorus sorption in relation to soil properties for the major soil types of South-Western Australia

    B Singh;RJ Gilkes

  • Properties of soil kaolinites from south-western Australia

    B. Singh;R. J. Gilkes

  • Farm Monitoring Handbook

    N. Hunt;Robert Gilkes

  • A multivariate framework for interpreting the effects of soil properties, soil management and landuse on water repellency

    R.J. Harper;I. Mckissock;Robert Gilkes;D.J. Carter

  • Phosphorus Transformations and Their Relationships with Calcareous Soil Properties of Southern Western Australia

    A. Samadi;Robert Gilkes

  • The synthesis and some properties of Co, Ni, Zn, Cu, Mn and Cd substituted magnetites

    P.S. Sidhu;R.J. Gilkes;A.M. Posner

  • Mechanism of the low temperature oxidation of synthetic magnetites

    P.S. Sidhu;R.J. Gilkes;A.M. Posner

  • Mobilization of phosphate from phosphate rock and alumina-sorbed phosphate by the roots of ryegrass and clover as related to rhizosphere pH

    P. Hinsinger;Robert Gilkes

  • CLAY-SIZED MINERALS IN PERMAFROST-AFFECTED SOILS (CRYOSOLS) FROM KING GEORGE ISLAND, ANTARCTICA

    Felipe N. B. Simas;Carlos Ernesto G. R. Schaefer;Vander F. Melo;Marcelo B. B. Guerra

  • Dissolution of phosphate rock in the rhizosphere of five plant species grown in an acid, P-fixing mineral substrate

    Philippe Hinsinger;R.J. Gilkes

  • LATERITIC DEEP WEATHERING OF GRANITE

    R. J. Gilkes;G. Scholz;G. M. Dimmock

  • Soil physical quality of Luvisols under agroforestry, natural vegetation and conventional crop management systems in the Brazilian semi-arid region

    G.L. Silva;H.V. Lima;M.M. Campanha;Robert Gilkes

  • Soil attributes related to water repellency and the utility of soil survey for predicting its occurrence

    R.J. Harper;Robert Gilkes

  • Root-induced dissolution of phosphate rock in the rhizosphere of lupins grown in alkaline soil

    P. Hinsinger;Robert Gilkes

  • Proceedings of the 19th World Congress of Soil Science; Soil Solutions for a Changing World

    Robert Gilkes;Nattaporn Prakongkep;R. Gilkes;N. Prakongkep

Frequent Co-Authors

Balwant Singh
Balwant Singh University of Sydney
Nanthi Bolan
Nanthi Bolan University of Western Australia
Carlos Ernesto Gonçalves Reynaud Schaefer
Carlos Ernesto Gonçalves Reynaud Schaefer Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Ravi Naidu
Ravi Naidu University of Newcastle Australia
Brent Clothier
Brent Clothier Plant & Food Research
Mike J. McLaughlin
Mike J. McLaughlin University of Adelaide
Jeff Baldock
Jeff Baldock Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Rainer Horn
Rainer Horn Kiel University
Rob Fitzpatrick
Rob Fitzpatrick University of Adelaide
Alex B. McBratney
Alex B. McBratney University of Sydney

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