Prof. A. D. Karathanasis

University of Kentucky, USA

Professor

Email: akaratha@uky.edu

Qualifications

1982 Ph.D., Auburn University, USA

1978 M.Sc., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

1969 B.Sc., University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Publications (Selected)

1. Karathanasis, A.D. and Hajek, B.F. 1982. Revised Methods for Rapid Quantitative Determination of Minerals in Soil Clays. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J., 46: 419-425.
2. Karathanasis, A.D. and Hajek, B.F. 1982. Transformation of Smectite to Kaolinite in Naturally Acid Soils: Structural and Thermodynamic Considerations. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 47: 158-163.
3. Karathanasis, A.D., Adams, Fred, and Hajek, B.F. 1983. Stability Relationships in Kaolinite, Gibbsite, and Al-Hydroxyinterlayered Vermiculite Soil Systems. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 47: 1247-1251.
4. Karathanasis, A.D., and Hajek, B.F. 1984. Evaluation of Al-Smectite Stability of Equilibria in Naturally Acid Soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 48: 413-417.
5. Evangelou, V.P., and A.D. Karathanasis, and R.L. Blevins. 1986. Effect of Soil Organic Matter Accumulation on Potassium and Ammonium Quantity-Intensity Relationships. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 50: 378-382.
6. Sobecki, T. and Karathanasis, A.D. 1987. Quantification and Compositional Characterization of Pedogenic Calcite and Dolomite in Calcic Horizons of Selected Aquolls. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 51: 683-690.
7. Karathanasis, A.D. 1987. Thermodynamic Evaluation of Amorphous Aluminosilicate Binding Agents in Fragipans of Western Kentucky. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 51: 819-824.
8. Karathanasis, A.D., V.P. Evangelou, and Y.L. Thompson. 1988. Aluminum and Iron Equilibria in Soil Solutions and Surface Waters of Acid Mine Watersheds. J. Environ. Qual., 17: 534-543.
9. Karathanasis, A.D. 1988. Structural and Solubility Relationships between Al-Hydroxyinterlayered Soil Smectites and Vermiculites. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 52: 1500-1508.
10. Karathanasis, A.D. and K.L. Wells. 1990. Conservation Tillage Effects on the Potassium Status of Some Loess and Limestone Derived Soils in Kentucky. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 54: 800-806.
11. Karathanasis, A.D., P.A. Golrick, and R.I. Barnhisel. 1991. Soil formation of loess over sandstone toposequences in west central Kentucky II. Mineralogical Relationships. Soil Sci., 152: 151-161.
12. Karathanasis, A.D. 1991. Phosphate Mineralogy and Equilibria in Two Kentucky Alfisols Derived from Ordovician Limestones. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 55: 1774-1782.
13. Norfleet, M.L., A.D. Karathanasis, and B.R. Smith. 1993. Soil Solution Composition Relative to Mineral Distribution in Highly Weathered Soils of the Blueridge Mountains. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 57: 1375-1380.
14. Drees, L.R., A.D. Karathanasis. L.P. Wilding, and R.L. Blevins. 1994. Micromorphological Characteristics of Long -Term No-Till and Conventionally Tilled Soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 58: 508-517.
15. Mubiru, D.N., and A.D. Karathanasis. 1994. Loess Rejuvenation Effects on Intensely Weathered Soils of South Central Kentucky. Soil Sci., 157: 244-252.
16. Karathanasis, A.D., and Y.L. Thompson. 1995. Mineralogy of Iron Precipitates in a Constructed Acid Mine Drainage Wetland. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 59: 1773-1781.
17. Norfleet, M.L., and A.D. Karathanasis. 1996. Some Physical and Chemical Factors Contributing to Fragipan Strength in Kentucky Soils. Geoderma, 71: 289-301.
18. Seta, A.K., and A.D. Karathanasis. 1996. Colloid-Facilitated Transport of Metolachlor Through Intact Soil Columns. J. Environ. Sci. Health, B31(5): 949-968.
19. Seta, A.K., and A.D. Karathanasis. 1997. Colloid-Facilitated Transport of Atrazine through Intact Soil Columns. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 61: 612-617.
20. Zhang, Min, and A.D. Karathanasis. 1997. Characterization of Iron-Manganese Concretions in Kentucky Alfisols with Perched Water Tables. Clays Clay Minerals, 45: 428-439.