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Dr Javier Cuadros PhD

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  • Researcher Clay Mineralogy
  • Mineralogy department
  • Mineral Sciences
Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road
London
SW7 5BD

Biography

Employment history

November 2000 to date: Natural History Museum, London, UK

September 1996 to October 2000: Estación Experimental del Zaidín (CSIC), Granada, Spain

September 1994 to August 1996: Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Qualifications

Ph.D.: Clay Mineral Processes, University of Granada (Spain), 1994

Graduate in Chemistry, University of Málaga (Spain), 1985

Professional Roles

Editorial Board

Member of the Editorial Board of Clay Minerals. November 2010 to date.

External committees

Clay Minerals Group of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 2001 to date.

Editorial work

2010. Interstratified Clay Minerals: Origin, Characterization and Geochemical Significance. S. Fiore, J. Cuadros and F.J. Huertas, editors. AIPEA (International Association for the Study of Clays) Educational Series, Pub. No. 1, Digilabs, Bari, Italy, 190 pp.

2009. Invited editor for Clay Minerals, vol. 44, issue 4. Devoted to papers presented in the Mid-European Clay Conference 2008 (Zakopane, Poland).

2004. Invited editor for the special issue of Applied Clay Science: Volume 26, Issues 1-4, Pages 1-542. Clays in Natural and Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement (Reims, France, December 2002).

Research

Interests

  • Clay processes (transformation, dissolution, growth) and their mechanisms
  • Crystal-chemistry of clays
  • Clay on Mars
  • Clay-life interaction
  • Adsorption and exchange reactions on the surface and interlayer space of clays
  • Spectroscopic methods for the analysis of clays

 

 

 

Present Projects

  • A possible hydrothermal origin of Martian phyllosilicates: Exploring the talc/saponite-nontronite system. Funded by the Marie Curie Programme of the European Community.
  • Clay formation mediated by microorganisms in several water media. Funded by the Marie Curie Programme of the European Community.
  • Mechanism of kaolinite transformation into dickite in a diagenetic environment. Partially funded by the Erasmus Programme of the European Community.
  • Genetic and environmental study of the origin of podoconiosis in Ethiopia. In collaboration with the Universities of Sussex, Cambridge, Buea (Cameroon), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) and National Institutes of Health (USA). Funded by the Wellcome Trust.
  • Infrared remote sensing of clays on Mars: laboratory experiments using synthetic and natural clays. In collaboration with NASA and other US partners.

Publications

Latest (2007-present) and selection of previous publications 

2010
  • Chelo S. Pascua, Masato Ohnuma, Yoshitaka Matsushita, Kenji Tamura, Hirohisa Yamada, Javier Cuadros, Jinhua Ye ( 2010 ) Synthesis of monodisperse Zn-smectite. Applied Clay Science 49 : 55-59 . doi: 10.1016/j.clay.2009.12.016
  • J.M. Huggett and J. Cuadros ( 2010 ) Glauconite formation in lacustrine/palaeosol sediments, Isle of Wight (Hampshire basin), UK Clay Minerals 45 : 35-49 . doi: 10.1180/claymin.2010.045.1.35
  • Javier Cuadros, Baruch Spiro, William Dubbin, Premroy Jadubansa ( 2010 ) Rapid microbial stabilization of unconsolidated sediment against wind erosion and dust generation Journal of Soils and Sediments 10 : 1415-1426 . doi: 10.1007/s11368-010-0273-8
  • S. Fiore, J. Cuadros and F.J. Huertas (Editors) ( 2010 ) Interstratified Clay Minerals: Origin, Characterization and Geochemical Significance . AIPEA (International Association for the Study of Clays) Educational Series, Pub. No. 1, Digilabs : Bari, Italy , 175 pp .
  • Vesselin M. Dekov, Javier Cuadros, George D. Kamenov, Dominik Weiss,
    Tim Arnold, Chandranath Basak, Pierre Rochette ( 2010 ) Metalliferous sediments from the H.M.S. Challenger voyage (1872–1876) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74 : 5019-5038 . doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.06.001
2009
  • D.M. Deocampo, J. Cuadros, T. Wing-Dudek, J. Olives, and M. Amouric ( 2009 ) Saline lake diagenesis as revealed by coupled mineralogy and geochemistry of multiple ultrafine clay phases: Pliocene Olduvai gorge, Tanzania. American Journal of Science 309 : 834-868 . doi: 10.2475/09.2009.03
  • Javier Cuadros, Fernando Nieto, Teresa Wing-Dudek ( 2009 ) Crystal-chemical changes of kaolinite-smectite mixed-layer with progressive kaolinization, as investigated by TEM-AEM and HRTEM. Clays and Clay Minerals 57 : 742-750 .
  • Javier Cuadros, Luca Aldega, Jonathan Vetterlein, Kurt Drickamer, William Dubbin ( 2009 ) Reactions of lysine with montmorillonite at 80 ºC: implications for optical activity, H+ transfer and lysine-montmorillonite binding. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 333 : 78-84 . doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2009.01.031
  • Luca Aldega, Javier Cuadros, Angela Laurora and Antonio Rossi ( 2009 ) Weathering of phlogopite to beidellite in a karstic environment. American Journal of Science 309 : 687-710 . doi:10.2475/08.2009.03
2008
  • Javier Cuadros, Vesselin M. Dekov, Saverio Fiore. ( 2008 ) Crystal-chemistry of the mixed-layer sequence talc–talc-smectite–smectite from submarine hydrothermal vents. American Mineralogist 93 : 1338-1348 .
  • Javier Cuadros. ( 2008 ) Clay as sealing material in nuclear waste repositories. Geology Today 24, no. 3 : 99-103 .
  • V. M. Dekov, J. Scholten, C.-D. Garbe-Schönberg, R. Botz, J. Cuadros, M. Schmidt, P. Stoffers. ( 2008 ) Hydrothermal sediment alteration at a seafloor vent field: Grimsey Graben, Tjörnes Fracture Zone, north of Iceland. Journal of Geophysical Research 113 : B11101 . doi:10.1029/2007JB005526
  • Vesselin M. Dekov, Javier Cuadros, Wayne C. Shanks, Randolph A. Koski. ( 2008 ) Deposition of talc—kerolite-smectite—smectite at seafloor hydrothermal vent fields: Evidence from mineralogical, geochemical and oxygen isotope studies. Chemical Geology 247 : 171-194 .
2007
  • Anita Parbhakar, Javier Cuadros, Mark A. Sephton, William Dubbin, Barry J. Coles, Dominik Weiss. ( 2007 ) Adsorption of L-lysine on montmorillonite. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 307 : 142-149 .
  • Eric Ferrage, Caroline A. Kirk, Gordon M. Cressey, Javier Cuadros. ( 2007 ) Dehydration of Ca-montmorillonite at the crystal scale. Part 2: Mechanisms and kinetics. American Mineralogist 92 : 1007-1017 .
  • Eric Ferrage, Caroline A. Kirk, Gordon M. Cressey, Javier Cuadros. ( 2007 ) Dehydration of Ca-montmorillonite at the crystal scale. Part I: Structure evolution. American Mineralogist 92 : 994-1006 .
  • J. Cuadros and T. Wing-Dudek. ( 2007 ) MAS NMR investigation of kaolinite-smectite structure using 6Li and 29Si with Mn exchange. Clay Minerals 42 : 181-186 .
  • Teresa Dudek, Javier Cuadros, and Javier Huertas. ( 2007 ) Structure of mixed-layer kaolinite-smectite and smectite-to-kaolinite transformation mechanism from synthesis experiments. American Mineralogist 92 : 179-192 .
2006
  • James Wilson, David Savage, Javier Cuadros, Masahiro Shibata, K. Vala Ragnarsdottir. ( 2006 ) The effect of iron on montmorillonite stability. (I) Background and thermodynamic considerations. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70 : 306-322 .
  • Javier Cuadros. ( 2006 ) Modeling of smectite illitization in burial diagenesis environments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70 : 4181-4195 .
  • S.J. Needham, R.H. Worden and J. Cuadros. ( 2006 ) Sediment ingestion by worms and the production of bio-clays: a study of macrobiologically enhanced weathering and early diagenetic processes. Sedimentology 53 : 567-579 .
  • Teresa Dudek, Javier Cuadros, and Saverio Fiore. ( 2006 ) Interstratified kaolinite-smectite: Nature of the layers and mechanism of smectite kaolinization. American Mineralogist 91 : 159-170 .
2005
  • J.M. Huggett and J. Cuadros. ( 2005 ) Low-temperature illitization of smectite in the late Eocene and early Oligocene of the Isle of Wight (Hampshire basin), UK. American Mineralogist 90 : 1192-1202 .
2004
  • James Wilson, Javier Cuadros, Gordon Cressey. ( 2004 ) An in situ time-resolved XRD-PSD investigation into Na-montmorillonite interlayer and particle rearrangement during dehydration. Clays and Clay Minerals 52 : 180-191 .
2003
  • Paola Di Leo and Javier Cuadros. ( 2003 ) 113Cd, 1H NMR and FTIR analysis of Cd2+ adsorption on dioctahedral and trioctahedral smectite. Clays and Clay Minerals 51 : 403-414 .
2002
  • J. Cuadros. ( 2002 ) Structural insights from the study of Cs-exchanged smectites submitted to wetting-and-drying cycles. Clay Minerals 37 : 473-486 .
  • Sandra de la Fuente, Javier Cuadros and José Linares. ( 2002 ) Early stages of volcanic tuff alteration in hydrothermal experiments: Formation of mixed-layer illite-smectite. Clays and Clay Minerals 50 : 578-590 .
2001
  • C. I. Sainz-Díaz, J. Cuadros, A. Hernández-Laguna. ( 2001 ) Analysis of cation distribution in the octahedral sheet of dioctahedral 2:1 phyllosilicates by using inverse Monte Carlo methods. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 28 : 445-454 .
2000
  • F. Javier Huertas, Javier Cuadros, Francisco Huertas, and José Linares. ( 2000 ) Experimental study of the hydrothermal formation of smectite in the beidellite-saponite series. American Journal of Science 300 : 504-527 .
  • S. de la Fuente, J. Cuadros, S. Fiore, and J. Linares. ( 2000 ) Electron microscopy study of volcanic tuff alteration to illite-smectite under hydrothermal conditions. Clays and Clay Minerals 48 : 339-350 .
1999
  • Javier Cuadros, Claro I. Sainz-Díaz, Rafael Ramírez, and Alfonso Hernández-Laguna. ( 1999 ) Analysis of Fe segregation in the octahedral sheet of bentonitic illite-smectite by means of FTIR, 27Al MAS NMR, and reverse Monte Carlo simulations. American Journal of Science 299 : 289-308 . American Journal of Science
1998
  • Javier Cuadros and Stephen P. Altaner. ( 1998 ) Characterization of mixed-layer illite-smectite from bentonites using microscopic, chemical, and X-ray methods: Constraints on the smectite-to-illite transformation mechanism. American Mineralogist 83 : 762-774 .
  • Javier Cuadros and Stephen P. Altaner. ( 1998 ) Compositional and structural features of the octahedral sheet in mixed-layer illite/smectite from bentonites. European Journal of Mineralogy 10 : 111-124 .
1997
  • Javier Cuadros. ( 1997 ) Interlayer cation effects on the hydration state of smectite. American Journal of Science 297 : 829-841 .
1996
  • J. Cuadros and J. Linares. ( 1996 ) Experimental kinetic study of the smectite-to-illite transformation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 60 : 439-453 .
1995
  • F. J. Huertas, J. Cuadros, and J. Linares. ( 1995 ) Modelling of potassium exchange in a natural, polyionic montmorillonite under hydrothermal conditions. Applied Geochemistry 10 : 347-355 .
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