
Valeriu Murgulet
Graduate Student (Ph.D.)
Education
M.S. 2006,
University of Alabama
M.Sc. 2002, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania
B.Sc. 2000, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania
Research Interests
•
Water/rock interactions in carbonate rock systems (e.g., karst
environments)
• Geochemical processes in groundwater/seawater mixing zone
in carbonate coastal
areas
• Trace element and stable isotope geochemistry of
carbonates
• Paleoclimate reconstructions from tropical speleothems
Recent Publications
2006, Murgulet, V. and Aharon, P. Imprints of catastrophic cyclones in trace element records (Mg, Na, S, P) of tropical stalagmites. Eos Trans. American Geophysical Union, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract PP51D-1171
2006, Murgulet, V., Aharon, P. and Bersch, M.G. Rainfall seasonality in tropical stalagmite discerned from magnesium and phosphorus partitioning in sub-annual couplets. Archives of Climate Change in Karst, Karst Waters Institute Special Publication 10, p 147-148
2006, Aharon, P., Rasbury, M., Murgulet, V. Caves of Niue Island, South Pacific: Speleothems and water geochemistry, in Harmon, R.S., and Wicks, C., eds., Perspectives on karst geomorphology, hydrology, and Geochemistry – A tribute volume to Derek C. Ford and William B. White: Geological Society of America Special Paper 404, p.283-295
2005, Murgulet, V. and Aharon, P. A groundwater chemical drill explains cave formation on Niue Island, South Pacific. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 37, No. 2, p.40
2003, Murgulet, V., Aharon, P., Wheeler, C. W., and Graham, E. Y., Hydrogeochemistry of Cave Dripwaters from a Tropical Ocean Island Karst. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no.7, p. A-452
Contact Information
Phone (205) 348-4404
Fax (205) 348-0818
Mailing address
202 Bevill Building
PO Box 870338
Department of Geological Sciences
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa AL 35473
Email: murgu001@bama.ua.edu
Fax (205) 348-0818
Mailing address
202 Bevill Building
PO Box 870338
Department of Geological Sciences
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa AL 35473
Email: murgu001@bama.ua.edu
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