INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SUSTAINABLE USE AND MANAGEMENT OF SOILS IN ARID AND SEMIARID REGIONS

ORAL EXPOSITIONS

DAY/Time	Title	AUTHORS
23 SEPTEMBER (MONDAY):
17.00-19.30 H - ORAL SESSIONS I AND II
ORAL SESSION I.-ROOM A
17.00-17.15 h	Genesis of argillic horizons in the Valdés península, Patagonia, Argentina	Bouza, P. J., Simón, M., Aguilar, J., Rostagno, C. M. and del Valle, H.
17.15-17.30 h	CALCRETE: A PEDOGEOMORPHIC SURFACE, PRESERVER OF THE OLIVE AGROECOSYSTEM HERITAGE	S. Kapur, E. Akça, İ. Çelik, R. Kanber, P. Steduto and J. Ryan.
17.30-17.45 h	HORIZON IDENTIFICATION USING EXCEL	E. A. Fitzpatrick
17.45-18.00 h	Influence of soil-landscape relationship on spatial variability of Gypsic horizon. A case study in a semiarid environment of southern Sicily, Italy.	Dazzi, C., Laudicina, V.A., Lo Papa, G., Monteleone S., Scalenghe, R
18.00-18.15 h	Occurrence, characteristics and genesis of the duricrusts in the La Pampa plateau, Argentina.	Vogt, T., Calmels, A. P., Carballo, O. C. and Larquz, P.
18.15-18.30 h	GENESIS OF CLAY MINERALS IN SOILS FROM CHAHARMAHAL BAKHTIARI PROVINCE, IRAN,	Salehi, M.H., Khademi, H. and Eghbal, M.K.
18.30-18.45 h	ROLE OF PEDOGENESIS IN DISTRIBUTION OF MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY IN TWO ARIDISOLS IN ISFAHAN, CENTRAL IRAN	Shamsollah Ayoubi, Ahamad Jalalian, Mostafa, K. Eghbal
18.45-19.00 h	INTERPRETATION OF SOIL MOISTURE PROFILES ON GRAVEL SOILS MEASURED USING REFLECTROMETRY	Fernández-Gálvez, J., Simmonds, L.P. and Barahona, E.
19.00-19.15 h	ORGANIC MATTER IN A GILGAI SOIL COMPLEX, SOUTH OF RUSSIA: CHEMICAL AND ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS	Irina Kovda, Olga Chichagova and Claudia I. Mora
19.15-19.30 h	effect of rainfall-induced soil seal and heterogenity of the soil properties on rainfall-infiltration-runoff relationship	Y. Mualem and S. Assouline
ORAL SESSION II.-ROOM B
17.00-17.15 h	DECOMPOSITION OF DIFFERENT ORGANIC MATERIALS IN A SEMIARID SOIL OF VENEZUELA	Jorge Paolini, Yudith Acosta and Saul Flores
17.15-17.30 h	Effects of the synthetic polymers aplication on the chemical properties of saline-alkaline soil	Gisbert, J. M., Souza, L., Gómez, L. D., Coelho, P. R. Ibáñez, S.
17.30-17.45 h	Some consequences of agronomic practices on andic properties of soils from Tenerife	J.M. Hernández-Moreno, M. Espino-Mesa, S. Armas-Espinel and C. Regalado
17.45-18.00 h	CAN SOIL SODIUM INDICES PREDICT CONDUCIVENESS OR SUPPRESSIVENESS OF VOLCANIC SOILS TO FUSARIUM WILT OF BANANA IN SEMIARID FIELD PLOTS FROM CANARY ISLANDS?	Domínguez, J., Negrín, M. A. y Rodríguez, C.M.
18.00-18.15 h	SPATIAL VARIABILITY OF BIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF NATURAL SOILS IN CREVILLENTE MOUNTAIN RANGE (ALICANTE)	Goberna, M., Sánchez, J., Pascual, J. A., García, C., Hernández, M. T.
18.15-18.30 h	DO PINUS HALEPENSIS AFFORESTATIONS SERVE TO RECOVER NATIVE SHRUB VEGETATION IN MEDITERRANEAN SEMI-ARID AREAS?	F. T. Maestre, J. Cortina, S. Bautista, A. Vilagrosa and J. Bellot
18.30-18.45 h	RULES OF SOIL COMPONENTS ON THE CELLULOLYTIC ACTIVITY OF SOIL	Ali Akbar Safari Sinegani, Gyti Emtiazi and Hossain Shariatmadari
18.45-19.00 h	A NEW APPROACH SIMILARITY MEASURE FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES IN SEMIARID SOILS OF CENTRAL SPAIN	Sastre, I., Lobo, M.C. and Chac Kantún, M.
19.00-19.15 h	SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTAL IN APPLIED NATURAL AREAS TO TERRITORIAL MICROPLANNING	L. Parras Alcántara, L. E. Corral Mora and J. Gil Torres
19.15-19.30 h	USING CROPWAT, WATSUIT AND PHREEQC MODELS FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF IRRIGATED CROPS	Batlle-Sales, J. and Hurtado-Soler, A.
24 SEPTEMBER (TUESDAY):
11.00-13.30 H - ORAL SESSIONS III AND IV
ORAL SESSION III.-ROOM A
11.00-11.15 h	NITROGEN MANAGEMENT OPTIONS FOR OPTIMUM WHEAT PRODUCTION AND THE AVOIDANCE OF LEACHING IN AEGEAN REGION OF TURKEY	Lomas, J., Oden,O., Mandel,M. Gurbuz,M., Ozsoy, U., Kayam,Y.
11.15-11.30 h	RYE ROOT AND SHOOT MULCHING EFFECTS ON SOIL AGGREGATE STABILITY	Yasemin Kavdir, Alvin J. M. Smucker and Karin L. Aditjandra
11.30-11.45 h	WIND EROSION CLIMATIC FACTOR IN PENINSULAR SPAIN	Almorox, J. and Hontoria, C.
11.45-12.00 h	The importance of the velocity, direction and length of moving storms on water erosion	Joao L. M. P. de Lima, M. Isabel P. de Lima, Vijay P. Singh
12.00-12.15 h	VERY FINE SAND IN TOPSOIL AS INDICATOR OF SOIL EROSION UPSLOPE	Á. Iriarte, O. Garrido and E. Barahona
12.15-12.30 h	LONG-TERM EFFECTS IN ORGANIC CARBON POOLS AS A RESULT OF DIFFERENT TYPE OF ORGANIC AMENDMENT APPLICATIONS. SOIL PHYSIC AND CHEMICAL IMPROVEMENTS	X. M-Garagarza, C. García, G. Barberá, M. Martínez-Mena, V. Castillo, J. Machín and J. Albaladejo
12.30-12.45 h	SOIL EROSION STUDIES IN THE COMUNIDAD VALENCIANA (SPAIN). RESEARCH TOPICS	Añó, C., Peris, M. and Sánchez, J.
12.45-13.00 h	THE EFFECT OF LAND USE ON SOIL EROSION TYPE IN THE HUMID CLIMATE OF THE NORTH OF IRAN	S. H. R. Sadeghi
13.00-13.15 h	THE INFLUENCE OF VOLCANIC GRAVEL IN THE SOIL WATER CONTENT	A. Moreno Checa, C. Militello Militello and M. Tejedor
13.15-13.30 h	ANALYSIS OF SOME MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND CLIMATE ON WHEAT PERFORMANCE IN THE AEGEAN REGION OF TURKEY	Lomas, J., Oden, O., Mandel, M., Gurbuz, M., Ozsoy, U., Kayam, Y. and Kahraman, D.
ORAL SESSION IV.-ROOM B
11.00-11.15 h	MULTIFRACTAL APPROACH TO SOIL SPATIAL VARIABILITY	F. J. Caniego, R. Espejo, M. A. Martín and F. San José
11.15-11.30 h	MANAGING SUBTERRANEN CLOVER, ANNUAL MEDIC AND VETCH FOR SICILIAN VINEYARD SUSTAINABILITY	Ferrotti, F., Gristina, L., Poma, I, Saladino, S.
11.30-11.45 h	SEEDLING PERFORMANCE IN BIOSOLID-AMENDED DEGRADED MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEMS	Fuentes, D., Cortina, J., Valdecantos, A., Casanova, G. and Vallejo, V.R.
11.45-12.00 h	SENSITIVITY OF MEDITERRANEAN WOODY SPECIES TO HIGH INPUTS OF BIOSOLIDS	Fuentes, D., Cortina, J., Valdecantos, A., Casanova, G. and Vallejo, V.R.
12.00-12.15 h	EVALUATION OF THE NITROGEN FERTIGATION BY THE NITRIFICATION INHIBITOR 3,4-DIMETHYLPYRAZOLE PHOSPHATE, IN A MELON CROP	Egea, C., Alarcón, A. L.
12.15-12.30 h	Evaluation of vegetal cover in waterways and its effect on soil losses in a mediterranean vineyard	Usón, A. and Ramos, M.C.
12.30-12.45 h	Evidence of intense soil redistribution due to tillage in agricultural fields of contrasted agro-ecological environments in Spain, Italy and Minnesota (USA)	S. de Alba, D. Torri, L. Borselli, M.J. Lindstrom and T.E. Schumacher
12.45-13.00 h	The effects of soil redistribution by tillage on soil spatial variability: Towards a new conceptual model of soil catena evolution in agricultural landscapes	S. de Alba and M.J. Lindstrom
13.00-13.15 h	Effects of soil management oN BIODIVERSITY AND DENSITIES OF SOIL MESO- AND MACRO- FAUNA on a semi-arid tropical alfisol	M. Vikram Reddy, D. Yule, A. L., Cogle and K. K. Lee
13.15-13.30 h	VARIABILITY OF SOIL QUALITY ATTRIBUTES IN A DISSECTED ALLUVIAL PLAIN OF CENTRAL IRAN UNDER DIFFERENT LAND USES	Khademi, H. and Chavoshi, E.
17.00-19.30 H ORAL SESSION V
ORAL SESSION V.-ROOM A
17.00-17.15 h	MOVEMENT OF SOLUTES IN a SOIL TREATED WITH COMPOSTED SEWAGE SLUDGE	Gascó, G., Guerrero, F. and Lobo, M. C.
17.15-17.30 h	Preliminary evaluation of heavy metals concentration as an indicator of soil pollution in the semi-arid environment of Tabernas, Southeastern Spain	Palacio, J. F., Recatalá, L., Fabbri, A. G.
17.30-17.45 h	Analysis of heavy metals in mediterranean soils (Alicante, Spain) for soil quality policy making	Recatalá, L., Micó, C., Peris, M., Sáez, E., Sánchez, J.
17.45-18.00 h	RESILIENCE AND QUALITY OF SOILS IN MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT: AN APPROACH	Fernández, L., Labrador, J. and Florentino, A.
18.00-18.15 h	The off-site effects of soil erosion: a contingent valuation approach to consider them	Sergio Colombo and Javier Calatrava,
18.15-18.30 h	IMPROVED METHOD FOR MONITORING CHANGES IN THE SOIL QUALITY	P. J. Valarini, M. S. Garrido, A. Fernández-Santander and C. Romero
18.30-18.45 h	Soil degradation induced by intensive cultivation of marginal soils in southeast Spain	Wesemael, B., Rambaud, X. and Poesen, J.
18.45-19.00 h	ASSESSMENT OF DRAINAGE WATER QUALITY FROM BIOSOIL PARK	G. Shabbir, H. Al-Zalzaleh and S. A. Shahid
19.00-19.15 h	Soil survey and gis for the zonation of protected areas. A case study in Cabo de Gata natural park (almería, southern spain)	Oyonarte, C., Escribano, P. Caparrós, J.L., Zinck, J.A.
19.15-19.30 h	Terrace abandonment in Ceta valley	Gisbert, J.M., Ibáñez, S. and Pérez, M.A.
26 SEPTEMBER (THURSDAY):
11.00-13.30 H ORAL SESSIONS VI AND VII
ORAL SESSION VI.-ROOM A
11.00-11.15 h	SAMPLING STRATEGIES FOR THE DETERMINATION OF HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES IN SOIL MAPPING UNITS	Acuña, Efraín and Poch, Rosa M.
11.15-11.30 h	Using the EPIC model to estimate soil moisture and temperature regimes and to assess desertification risk	Constantini, E.A.C., Castelli, F. and L’Abate, G.
11.30-11.45 h	The euroStarss-2001 campaign over land surfaces in support of the smos mission	E. Lopez-Baeza, J. C. Calvet, Y. Kerr, J. P. Wigneron, M. Berger, P. Wursteisen, C. Antolin, F. Ferrer, T. Pellarin, K. Saleh, L. Simmonds and B. E. Main
11.45-12.00	Eurostarrs-2001. Investigations on soil moisture variation and factors influencing. Field data collection in the Valencia site	Ferrer, F., Antolín, C., López-Baeza, E., Saleh, K., Forner, J.V., Main, B.E., Mañes, E., Sánchez, N., Visconti, F.
12.00-12.15 h	Estimating soil sealing rates in mediterranean coastal environments. Preliminary results for Castellón (Spain)	Pascual, J.A., Añó, C., Sanjaime, V. and Sánchez, J.
12.15-12.30 h	Urban growth (1956-1998) and soil degradation in the municipality of Valencia (Spain)	Pascual, J.A., Añó, C., Valera, A., Poyatos, M., Sánchez, J.
12.30-12.45 h	Monitoring of saline soils within wetland areas under semiarid conditions applying hyperspectral and multispectral data	Schmid, T., Koch, M., Gumuzzio, J.
12.45-13.00 h	HYDROLOGIC BEHAVIOR OF DIVERSE VEGETABLE COVERING UNDER DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS	Bienes, R., Moré, A., Marqués, M. J., Moreiro, S. Nicolau, J. M.
13.00-13.15 h	EFFECTS OF DEFORESTATION ON WATER QUANTITY AND QUALITY FROM SIMULATION MODER SWAT	Oropeza-Mota, J.L., Rios-Berber, J.D., Larose, M.
13.15-13.30 h	Depollution of soil contaminated with hexa-valent chrome in the Barcelona Region	Alfredo Muelle and Luis Pinardel
ORAL SESSION VII.-ROOM B
11.00-11.15 h	Heavy metals in soils of the Antofagasta CITY, Chile	Lam, E., Esquenazi, E., Cortés, M., Romero, L.
11.15-11.30 h	Accumulation of nitrogen and phosphorus by Mucuna aterrina grown in a soil degraded by tin mining	Sanches, A. C., Wanderley, J. M., Nogueira, A. E.
11.30-11.45 h	Nitrate contamination of soil and grounwater caused by uncontrolled fertilisers application in the Bekaá Plain, Lebanon	Möller, A., Darwish, T., Abdullah, A. Utermann, J.
11.45-12.00 h	Baseline concentrations of cadmium, lead and nickel in greenhouses-western-Almería surface soils (Spain)	Ramos, J., Gil, C., Boluda, R.
12.00-12.15 h	PRELIMINARY DATA ON THE ROLE OF A COASTAL SALT MARSH IN THE RETENTION OF NITRATES AND PHOSPHATES LEACHED FROM INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE ZONES IN THE CAMPO DE CARTAGENA (MURCIA, SE SPAIN)	Álvarez-Rogel, J., Jiménez, F.J., Barbosa, O. A., Egea, C., Ortiz, R., Alarcón, A., Delgado, M.J. and Martínez, F.
12.15-12.30 h	QUANTIFICATION OF Zn AND Pb IN THE TOP SOIL AND AERIAL BIOMASS IN A SALT MARSH POLLUTED BY METAL MINE WASTES IN SE SPAIN	Álvarez-Rogel, J., Ramos-Aparicio, M. J. and Delgado-Iniesta, M. J.
12.30-12.45 h	Behaviour of mercury in the soil-plant system. Application to phytoremediation studies	Vera, R., Millán, R., Schmid, T., Tallos, A. and Recreo, F.
12.45-13.00 h	Element mobility and hydrological properties of soils contaminated by a pyrite spill in a mediterranean climate	Simón, M., Iriarte, A., García, I., Martín, F., Aguilar, J. and Dorronsoro, C.
13.00-13.15 h	Short and long term effects of metal loading on Cu and Zn speciation in Andisols and Andic soils	J. M. Hernández-Moreno, M. Espino-Mesa and C. Arbelo
13.15-13.30 h	Composting olive-mill wastes for soil amendment	J. Cegarra, J. A. Alburquerque, J. Gonzálvez and D. García
16.30-18.30 HORAL SESSION VIII
ORAL SESSION VIII.-ROOM A
16.30-16.45 h	Soil salinity and its distribution at the plot level determined by soil sampling and electromagnetic techniques	Herrero, J., Ba, A. A. and Aragüés, R.
16.45-17.00 h	SOIL SALINIZATION IN THE SOUTH OF PRE-CASPIAN LOWLAND DUE TO THE RISE OF THE CASPIAN SEA LEVEL	N. I. Sotneva and I. A. Yamnova
17.00-17.15 h	Carbon and nitrogen mineralization in soil amended with phenanthrene, anthracene, and irradiated sewage sludge	Barajas-Aceves, M. and Bernal, M .P.
17.15-17.30 h	Management sewage sludge compost amended soil	Delgado, M., Porcel, M. A., Miralles De Imperial, R., Beltrán, M., Beringola, L. and Martín, J.
17.30-17.45 h	Semiarid agricultural soils response to application of secondary paper sludge	J. Rato Nunes, F. Cabral and A. López-Piñeiro
17.45-18.00 h	PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE APPLICATION OF WINE DISTILLERY WASTEWATER (VINASSE) to THE SOIL	Llinares, J. V., Molina, M. J. and Boluda, R.