Publications

Research articles

ISI Web of Science:

34. Beres I., Maftei A.E., Dill H.G., Buzatu A., Damian G. (2024) – Contamination Assessment of Toxic Elements in River Sediments from Baia Mare, Romania—Extreme Pollution from Mining Activities. Minerals, 14, 135. View Article


33. Dill H.G., Buzatu A., Balaban, S.I., Rüsenberg K.A. (2023) – A mineralogical-geomorphological terrain analysis of hotspot volcanic islands – The missing link between carbonatite- and pegmatite Nb-F-Zr-Li-Be-bearing REE deposits and new tools for their exploration (Canary Islands Archipelago, Spain). Ore Geology Reviews, 163, 105702. View Article


32. Damian G., Apopei A.I., Buzatu A., Maftei A.E., Damian F. (2023) – New Mineral Occurrences in Massive Sulfide Deposits from Mănăilă, Eastern Carpathians, Romania. Minerals, 13(1), 111. View Article


31. Dill H.G., Balaban, S.I., Füssl M., Pöllmann H.,  Buzatu A. (2022) – Morphostratigraphy of landform series from the Late Cretaceous to the Quaternary: The “3 + 1” model of the quadripartite watershed system at the NW edge of the Bohemian Massif. Geomorphology, 419, 108489. View Article


30. Dill H.G., Buzatu A., Kleyer C., Balaban, S.I., Pöllmann H., Füssl M. (2022) – A composite terrain-and-provenance analysis tied to specific times of a basement-foreland drainage system and its gravel-sand-clay deposits (Bohemian Massif, SE Germany). Sedimentary Geology, 441, 106266. View Article


29. Dill H.G., Buzatu A., Kleyer C., Balaban, S.I., Pöllmann H., Füssel M. (2022) – A Natural GMS Laboratory (Granulometry-Morphometry-Situmetry): Geomorphological-Sedimentological-Mineralogical Terrain Analysis Linked to Coarse-Grained Siliciclastic Sediments at the Basement-Foreland Boundary (SE Germany). Minerals, 12(9), 1118. View Article


28. Dill H.G., Buzatu A. (2022) – From the aeolian landform to the aeolian mineral deposit in the present and its use as an ore guide in the past. Constraints from mineralogy, chemistry and sediment petrography. Ore Geology Reviews141, 104490. View Article


27. Dill H.G., Balaban S.I., Buzatu A., Bornemann A., Techmer A. (2022) – The Quaternary volcanogenic landscape and volcaniclastic sediments of the Netherlands Antilles: markers for an in-active volcanic arc. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 111, 149-172. View Article


26. Damian G., Buzatu A., Apopei A.I., Damian F., Maftei A.E. (2021) – Hydrothermal Sphalerites from Ore Deposits of Baia Mare Area. Minerals, 11(12), 1323. View Article


25. Dill H. G., Buzatu A., Balaban S.I. (2021) – Straight to Low-Sinuosity Drainage Systems in a Variscan-Type Orogen—Constraints from Tectonics, Lithology and Climate. Minerals, 11, 933. View Article


24. Dill H. G., Buzatu A., Balaban S.I. (2021) – Coastal morphology and heavy mineral accumulation in an upper-macrotidal environment – A geological-mineralogical approach from source to trap site in a natural placer laboratory (Channel Islands, Great Britain). Ore Geology Reviews, 138, 104311. View Article


23. Apopei A. I., Buzgar N., Buzatu A., Maftei A. E., Apostoae L. (2021) – Digital 3D models of minerals and rocks in a nutshell: enhancing scientific, learning, and cultural heritage environments in geosciences by using cross-polarized light photogrammetry. Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 16, 1, 237-249. View Article


22. Dill H. G., Kus J., Buzatu A., Balaban S. I., Kaufhold S., Borrego A. G. (2021) – Organic debris and allochthonous coal in Quaternary landforms within a periglacial setting (Longyearbyen Mining District, Norway) – A multi-disciplinary study (coal geology-geomorphology-sedimentology). International Journal of Coal Geology, 233, 103625. View Article


21. Maftei A. E., Buzatu A., Damian G., Buzgar N., Dill H. G., Apopei A. I. (2020) – Micro-Raman—A Tool for the Heavy Mineral Analysis of Gold Placer-Type Deposits (Pianu Valley, Romania). Minerals, 10, 988. View Article


20. Dill H. G., Buzatu A., Balaban S. I., Ufer K., Techmer A., Schedlinsky W., Füssl M. (2020)The transition of very coarse-grained meandering to straight fluvial drainage systems in a tectonized foreland-basement landscape during the Holocene (SE Germany) – A joint geomorphological-geological study. Geomorphology, 370, 107364. View Article


19. Dill H. G., Buzatu A., Balaban S. I., Ufer K., Gómez T. J., Bîrgăoanu D., Cramer T. (2020)The “badland trilogy” of the Desierto de la Tatacoa, upper Magdalena Valley, Colombia, a result of geodynamics and climate: With a review of badland landscapes. CATENA, 194, 104696. View Article


18. Damian G., Buzatu A., Apopei A. I., Szakács Z. L., Denuț I., Iepure G., Bîrgăoanu D. (2020)Valentinite and Colloform Sphalerite in Epithermal Deposits from Baia Mare Area, Eastern Carpathians. Minerals, 10, 121. View Article


17. Dill H. G., Buzatu A., Goldmann S., Kaufhold S., Bîrgăoanu D. (2020)Coastal landforms of “Meso-Afro-American” and “Neo-American” landscapes in the periglacial South Atlantic Ocean: With special reference to the clast orientation, morphology, and granulometry of continental and marine sediments. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 98, 102385. View Article


16. Maftei A. E., Buzatu A., Buzgar N., Apopei A. I. (2019)Spatial Distribution of Minor Elements in the Tazlău River Sediments: Source Identification and Evaluation of Ecological Risk. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, 23, 4664. View Article


15. Maftei A. E., Buzgar N., Buzatu A., Apopei A. I. (2019)Distribution and minor elements contamination in urban and peri-urban soils area of Slănic Moldova, Romania. Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 14, 2, 335-342. View Article


14. Dill H. G., Ufer K., Bornemann A., Techmer A., Buzatu A. (2019)From the strand plain to the reef: A sedimentological–geomorphological study of a Holocene coast affected by mud diapirism (Archipélago Rosario- Barú, Colombia). Marine Geology, 415, p. 1-19. View Article


13. Maftei A. E., Dill H. G., Buzatu A., Iancu O. G., Buzgar N., Andráš P. (2018) – Chemical and mineralogical composition of fluvial sediments (Bistrita River, Romania): Geogenic vs. anthropogenic input into rivers on its way through mining areas. Chemie der Erde, 78-3, p. 385-395. View Article


12. Dill H. G., Buzatu A., Maftei A. E. (2017) – Capturing digital data with handheld devices to determine the redox regime, lithology, and provenance of siliciclastic sediments and residual deposits—a review and field manual. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 10, p. 188. View Article


11. Buzatu A., Damian G., Buzgar N., Andráš P., Apopei A. I., Maftei A. E., Milovská S. (2017) – Structural key features of bismuth and Sb-As sulfosalts from hydrothermal deposits—micro-Raman spectrometry. Vibrational Spectroscopy, 89, p. 49-56. View Article


10. Apopei A. I., Damian G., Buzgar N., Buzatu A., Andras P., Milovska S. (2017) – The determination of the Sb/As content in natural tetrahedrite-tennantite and bournonite-seligmannite solid solution series by means of Raman spectrometry. Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 6, p. 1439-1456. View Article


9. Buzatu A., Dill H.G., Buzgar N., Damian G., Maftei A.E., Apopei A.I. (2016) – Efflorescent sulfates from Baia Sprie mining area (Romania) — Acid mine drainage and climatological approach. Science of the Total Environment, 542, A, 629-641. View Article


8. Apopei A.I., Damian G., Buzgar N., Buzatu A. (2016) – Mineralogy and geochemistry of Pb–Sb/As-sulfosalts from Coranda-Hondol ore deposit (Romania) — Conditions of telluride deposition. Ore Geology Reviews, 72, 1, 857-873. View Article


7. Buzatu A., Damian G., Dill H.G., Buzgar N., Apopei A.I. (2015) – Mineralogy and geochemistry of sulfosalts from Baia Sprie ore deposit (Romania) — New bismuth minerals occurrence. Ore Geology Reviews, 65, 1, 132-147. View Article


6. Sîrbu-Rădășanu D.S., Huzum R., Iftode S.P., Buzatu A., Buzgar N. (2015) – Spatial distribution of As in urban and peri-urban soils of the city of Iași (Romania). 15th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference SGEM2015, Albena. Conference article, 309-315.


5. Apopei A.I., Buzgar N., Damian G., Buzatu A. (2014) – The Raman study of weathering minerals from the Coranda-Hondol open pit (Certej gold-silver deposit) and their photochemical degradation products under laser irradiation. The Canadian Mineralogist, 52, 6, 1027-1038. View Article


4. Apopei A.I., Damian G., Buzgar N., Milovska S., Buzatu A. (2014) – New occurences of hessite, petzite and stützite at Coranda-Hondol open pit (Certej gold-silver deposit, Romania). Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 9, 2, 71-78. View Article


3. Buzgar N., Buzatu A., Apopei A. I., Cotiugă V. (2014) – In situ Raman spectroscopy at the Voroneţ Monastery (16th century, Romania): New results for green and blue pigments. Vibrational Spectroscopy, 72, 142-148. View Article


2. Buzatu A.,  Buzgar N., Damian G., Vasilache V., Apopei A.I. (2013) – The determination of the Fe content in natural sphalerites by means of Raman spectroscopy. Vibrational Spectroscopy, 68, 220-224. View Article


1. Buzgar N., Apopei A. I., Buzatu A. (2013) – Characterization and source of Cucuteni black pigment (Romania): vibrational spectrometry and XRD study. Journal of Archaeological Science, 40, 4, 2128–2135. View Article


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12. Maftei A. E., Buzatu A., Buzgar N., Apopei A. I. (2018) – Preliminary assessment of anthropogenic contribution and influencing factors on major elements and total organic carbon in Tazlău River sediments, Romania. Romanian Journal of Mineral Deposits, vol. 91, nr. 1-2, p. 73-78. View Article


11. Bîrgăoanu D., Damian G., Buzatu A. (2018) – The Fe content in the sphalerites from the Breiner-Băiuț deposit. Romanian Journal of Mineral Deposits, vol. 91, nr. 1-2, p. 37-42. View Article


10. Iftode S.P., Huzum R., Sîrbu-Rădășanu D.S., Buzgar N., Iancu O.G., Buzatu A. (2015) – Geochemical distribution of selected trace elements in the soil-plant system from Mănăila mining area, Romania. Anal. Şt. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi, Geologie, 61, 21-31. View Article


9. Buzgar N., Bodi G., Buzatu A., Apopei A. I. (2013) – The Raman study of the white pigment used in Cucuteni pottery. Anal. Şt. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi, Geologie, 59/2, 41-50. View Article


8. Buzgar N., Apopei A. I., Diaconu V., Buzatu A. (2013) – The composition and source of the raw material of two stone axes of Late Bronze Age from Neamț County (Romania) – A Raman study. Anal. Şt. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi, Geologie, 59 (1), 5-22. View Article


7. Buzatu A., Damian G., Buzgar N. (2012) – Raman and Infrared studies of weathering products from Baia Sprie ore deposit (ROMANIA). Romanian Journal of Mineral Deposits, 85, 2, 7-10. View Article


6. Apopei A. I., Buzgar N., Buzatu A. (2011) – Raman and infrared spectroscopy of kaersutite and certain common amphiboles. Anal. Şt. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi, Geologie, LVII/2, 35-58. View Article


5. Buzgar N., Buzatu A., Apopei A. I., Aştefanei D., Topoleanu F. (2011) – Raman study of the brownish-yellow pigment from a Roman Basilica (Dobrogea, Romania – 4th – 6th century A.D. Anal. Şt. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi, Geologie, LVII/2, 15-18. View Article


4. Buzgar N., Bodi G., Buzatu A., Apopei A. I., Aştefanei D. (2010) – Raman and XRD studies of black pigment from Cucuteni ceramics. Anal. Şt. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi, Geologie, LVI/2, 95-108. View Article


3. Buzatu A., Buzgar N. (2010) – The Raman study of single-chain silicates. Anal. Şt. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi, Geologie, LVI/1, 108-125. View Article


2. Buzgar N., Bodi G., Aştefanei D., Buzatu A. (2010) – The Raman study of white, red and black pigments used in Cucuteni Neolithic painted ceramics. Anal. Şt. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi, Geologie, 56/1, 5-14. View Article


1. Buzgar N., Buzatu A., Sanislav I. V. (2009) – The Raman study of certain sulfates. Anal. Şt. Univ. “Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi, Geologie, 55/1, 5-23. View Article

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Department of Geology