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Valeriu Murgulet
Graduate Student (Ph.D.)

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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 KarstGeological 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


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