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  • 2002 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Overview

Robert C. Graham is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to subfields that include ecology, soil science, civil and structural engineering, environmental engineering, and atmospheric science.

Their scientific work encompasses a range of topics related to soil and environmental systems. Major research areas include soil and unsaturated flow, microbial community ecology and physiology, polar research and ecology, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, geology and paleoclimatology research, groundwater flow and contamination studies, and soil erosion and sediment transport.

Recent publications by Robert C. Graham cover various aspects of soil microbial activity, hydrology, and mineral dynamics. Notable papers include:

  • Depth dependence of climatic controls on soil microbial community activity and composition, 2021, ISME Communications
  • Disturbance impacts on porosity and hydraulic properties of vesicular horizons, 2020, Soil Science Society of America Journal
  • Depth dependence of climatic controls on soil microbial community activity and composition, 2021, Research Square (Research Square)
  • Microbial activity and temperature change affect growth of vesicular pores, 2022, Geoderma
  • Complexity of clay minerals and its effects on silicon dynamics in hypersaline coastal wetland soils, Brazil, 2023, Soil Research

Robert C. Graham has published frequently in several scientific venues, including:

  • Soil Science Society of America Journal
  • ISME Communications
  • Geoderma
  • Soil Research
  • Research Square (Research Square)

The scientist has collaborated multiple times with co-authors such as Nicholas C. Dove, Morgan Barnes, Kimber Moreland, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, and Stephen C. Hart.

Throughout their career, Robert C. Graham has received recognition including being named a Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Wood-ash composition and soil pH following intense burning

    A.L. Ulery;R.C. Graham;C. Amrhein

  • X-Ray Diffraction and the Identification and Analysis of Clay Minerals.

    Robert C. Graham

  • A direct link between forest vegetation type and soil organic matter composition

    S.A Quideau;O.A Chadwick;A Benesi;R.C Graham

  • Soil Genesis and Classification: Buol/Soil Genesis and Classification

    S. W. Buol;R. J. Southard;R. C. Graham;P. A. McDaniel

  • Forest Fire Effects on Soil Color and Texture

    A. L. Ulery;R. C. Graham

  • Rock to regolith conversion: Producing hospitable substrates for terrestrial ecosystems

    Robert Graham;Ann Rossi;R. Hubbert

  • Prescribed burning effects on soil physical properties and soil water repellency in a steep chaparral watershed, southern California, USA

    K.R. Hubbert;H.K. Preisler;P.M. Wohlgemuth;R.C. Graham

  • Spatial distribution and properties of ash and thermally altered soils after high-severity forest fire, southern California

    Brett R. Goforth;Robert C. Graham;Kenneth R. Hubbert;C. William Zanner

  • Contributions of water supply from the weathered bedrock zone to forest soil quality

    James H. Witty;Robert C. Graham;Kenneth R. Hubbert;James A. Doolittle

  • Ectomycorrhizae in a soil-weathered granitic bedrock regolith: linking matrix resources to plants

    M.A. Bornyasz;R.C. Graham;M.F. Allen

  • Soil organic matter processes: characterization by 13C NMR and 14C measurements

    S. A. Quideau;M. A. Anderson;R. C. Graham;O. A. Chadwick

  • Serpentine Geoecology of Western North America: Geology, Soils, and Vegetation

    Robert C. Graham

  • Physical and chemical properties of Pinus ponderosa charcoal: implications for soil modification.

    Christopher Briggs;Joan M. Breiner;Robert C. Graham

  • Vegetation control on soil organic matter dynamics

    S. A. Quideau;O. A. Chadwick;Susan E. Trumbore;J. L. Johnson-Maynard

  • Pedogenesis of Vesicular Horizons, Cima Volcanic Field, Mojave Desert, California

    K. Anderson;S. Wells;R. Graham

  • Roles of weathered bedrock and soil in seasonal water relations of Pinus Jeffreyi and Arctostaphylos patula

    K. R. Hubbert;J. L. Beyers;R. C. Graham

  • Root distribution and seasonal water status in weathered granitic bedrock under chaparral

    P. D. Sternberg;M. A. Anderson;R. C. Graham;J. L. Beyers

  • Dissolution of ripidolite (Mg, Fe-chlorite) in organic and inorganic acid solutions

    M. Hamer;R. C. Graham;C. Amrhein;K. N. Bozhilov

  • Bulk Density Determination by Automated Three-Dimensional Laser Scanning

    Ann M. Rossi;Daniel R. Hirmas;Robert C. Graham;Paul D. Sternberg

  • Decade-scale changes of soil carbon, nitrogen and exchangeable cations under chaparral and pine

    A.L. Ulery;R.C. Graham;O.A. Chadwick;H.B. Wood

Frequent Co-Authors

Sylvie A. Quideau
Sylvie A. Quideau University of Alberta
Oliver A. Chadwick
Oliver A. Chadwick University of California, Santa Barbara
Peter J. Shouse
Peter J. Shouse Agricultural Research Service
Paul F. Hendrix
Paul F. Hendrix University of Georgia
Michael F. Allen
Michael F. Allen University of California, Riverside
Stephen G. Wells
Stephen G. Wells New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Ronald Amundson
Ronald Amundson University of California, Berkeley
Susan E. Trumbore
Susan E. Trumbore Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Stephen H. Anderson
Stephen H. Anderson University of Missouri
Laosheng Wu
Laosheng Wu University of California, Riverside

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