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39.\u00a0Lupu A., Damian G., Maftei A.E., Buzatu A.,<\/strong> Beres I. <\/span><\/span><\/span>(2026) – Geochemical assessment of potentially toxic elements in river sediments from a highly contaminated mining area – Cavnic, Romania<\/em>. Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/strong>, Volume 229, 119678. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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38. Dill H.G., Buzatu A.<\/strong>, Balaban S.I., Heimhofer U., R\u00fcscher<\/span> C., Dultz S., Hoffman L. <\/span><\/span><\/span>(2025) – A numerical terrain analysis of the morphodynamic evolution of shelf-edge landforms proximal to a modern fold belt (NW Cuba): Isostacy versus climate<\/em>. Journal of South American Earth Sciences<\/strong>, 168, 105803. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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37.\u00a0Maftei A.E., Ignat M., Dobromir M., Buzatu A.<\/strong>, Neamtu M. (2025) – A promising natural material for pollutants removal<\/em>. Scientific Reports<\/strong>, 15, 21456<\/span>. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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36. Dill H.G., Buzatu A.<\/strong>, Balaban S.I., Schmitt D., Heimhofer U.,\u00a0 Techmer A. (2025) – Numerical terrain analysis of fluvial-marine watersheds on the Isle of Santiago, Cape Verde, based on satellite imagery, ground-truthing and landform indices – A preparatory study in search of Nb -Ta – REE deposits related to hotspot islands<\/em>. Journal of African Earth Sciences<\/strong>, 227, 105548. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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35. Dill H.G., Buzatu A.<\/strong>, Balaban S.I., Kleyer C. (2025) – Compositional and Numerical Geomorphology Along a Basement\u2013Foreland Transition, SE Germany, with Special Reference to Landscape-Forming Indices and Parameters in Genetic and Applied Terrain Analyses<\/em>. Geosciences<\/strong>, 15(2), 37. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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34. Beres I., Maftei A.E., Dill H.G., Buzatu A.<\/strong>, Damian G. (2024) – Contamination Assessment of Toxic Elements in River Sediments from Baia Mare, Romania\u2014Extreme Pollution from Mining Activities<\/em>. Minerals<\/strong>, 14, 135. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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33.\u00a0Dill H.G., Buzatu A.<\/strong>, Balaban S.I., R\u00fcsenberg<\/span> 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)<\/em>. Ore Geology Reviews<\/strong>, 163, 105702. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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32. Damian G., Apopei A.I., Buzatu A.,<\/strong> Maftei A.E., Damian F. (2023) – New Mineral Occurrences in Massive Sulfide Deposits from M\u0103n\u0103il\u0103, Eastern Carpathians, Romania<\/em>. Minerals<\/strong>, 13(1), 111. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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31. Dill H.G., Balaban S.I., F\u00fcssl M., P\u00f6llmann H.,\u00a0 Buzatu A. <\/strong>(2022) – Morphostratigraphy of landform series from the Late Cretaceous to the Quaternary: The \u201c3 + 1\u201d model of the quadripartite watershed system at the NW edge of the Bohemian Massif<\/em>. Geomorphology<\/strong>, 419, 108489. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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30. Dill H.G., Buzatu A.<\/strong>, Kleyer C., Balaban S.I., P\u00f6llmann H., F\u00fcssl 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)<\/em>. Sedimentary Geology<\/strong>, 441, 106266.<\/span> View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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29. Dill H.G., Buzatu A.<\/strong>, Kleyer C., Balaban S.I., P\u00f6llmann H., F\u00fcssel 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)<\/em>. Minerals<\/strong>, 12(9), 1118.<\/span> View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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28. Dill H.G., Buzatu A.<\/strong> (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<\/em>. Ore Geology Reviews<\/strong>,\u00a0141, 104490.<\/span> View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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26. Damian G., Buzatu A.,<\/strong> Apopei A.I., Damian F., Maftei A.E. (2021) – Hydrothermal Sphalerites from Ore Deposits of Baia Mare Area<\/em>. Minerals<\/strong>, 11(12), 1323. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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25.\u00a0Dill H. G., Buzatu A.,<\/strong> Balaban S.I. (2021)<\/strong>\u00a0– Straight to Low-Sinuosity Drainage Systems in a Variscan-Type Orogen\u2014Constraints from Tectonics, Lithology and Climate<\/em>. Minerals<\/strong>, 11, 933. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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24.\u00a0Dill H. G., Buzatu A.,<\/strong> Balaban S.I. (2021)<\/strong>\u00a0– Coastal morphology and heavy mineral accumulation in an upper-macrotidal environment \u2013 A geological-mineralogical approach from source to trap site in a natural placer laboratory (Channel Islands, Great Britain)<\/em>. Ore Geology Reviews<\/strong>, 138, 104311. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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23. Apopei A. I.,\u00a0Buzgar N., Buzatu A.,<\/strong> Maftei A. E., Apostoae L. (2021)<\/strong>\u00a0– 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<\/em>. Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences<\/strong>, 16, 1, 237-249. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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22. Dill H. G., Kus J., Buzatu A.,<\/strong> Balaban S. I., Kaufhold S., Borrego A. G. (2021)<\/strong>\u00a0– Organic debris and allochthonous coal in Quaternary landforms within a periglacial setting (Longyearbyen Mining District, Norway) – A multi-disciplinary study (coal geology-geomorphology-sedimentology)<\/em>. International Journal of Coal Geology<\/strong>, 233, 103625. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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21. Maftei A. E., Buzatu A., <\/strong>Damian G., Buzgar N., Dill H. G., Apopei A. I. (2020)<\/strong> – Micro-Raman\u2014A Tool for the Heavy Mineral Analysis of Gold Placer-Type Deposits (Pianu Valley, Romania)<\/em>. Minerals<\/strong>, 10, 988. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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20. Dill H. G., Buzatu A.,<\/strong> Balaban S. I., Ufer K., Techmer A., Schedlinsky W., F\u00fcssl M. (2020)<\/strong> – The transition of very coarse-grained meandering to straight fluvial drainage systems in a tectonized foreland-basement landscape during the Holocene (SE Germany) \u2013 A joint geomorphological-geological study<\/em>. Geomorphology<\/strong>, 370, 107364. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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19. Dill H. G., Buzatu A.,<\/strong> Balaban S. I., Ufer K., G\u00f3mez T. J., B\u00eerg\u0103oanu D., Cramer T. (2020)<\/strong> – The \u201cbadland trilogy\u201d of the Desierto de la Tatacoa, upper Magdalena Valley, Colombia, a result of geodynamics and climate: With a review of badland landscapes<\/em>. CATENA<\/strong>, 194, 104696. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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18. Damian G., Buzatu A., <\/strong>Apopei A. I., Szak\u00e1cs Z. L., Denu\u021b I., Iepure G., B\u00eerg\u0103oanu D. (2020)<\/strong> – Valentinite and Colloform Sphalerite in Epithermal Deposits from Baia Mare Area, Eastern Carpathians<\/em>. Minerals<\/strong>, 10, 121. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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17. Dill H. G., Buzatu A.,<\/strong> Goldmann S., Kaufhold S., B\u00eerg\u0103oanu D. (2020)<\/strong> – Coastal landforms of \u201cMeso-Afro-American\u201d and \u201cNeo-American\u201d landscapes in the periglacial South Atlantic Ocean: With special reference to the clast orientation, morphology, and granulometry of continental and marine sediments<\/em>. Journal of South American Earth Sciences<\/strong>, 98, 102385. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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16. Maftei A. E., Buzatu A., <\/strong>Buzgar N., Apopei A. I. (2019)<\/strong> – Spatial Distribution of Minor Elements in the Tazl\u0103u River Sediments: Source Identification and Evaluation of Ecological Risk<\/em>. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health<\/strong>, 16, 23, 4664. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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15. Maftei A. E., Buzgar N., Buzatu A.,<\/strong> Apopei A. I. (2019)<\/strong> – Distribution and minor elements contamination in urban and peri-urban soils area of Sl\u0103nic Moldova, Romania<\/em>. Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences<\/strong>, 14, 2, 335-342. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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14. Dill H. G., Ufer K., Bornemann A., Techmer A., Buzatu A. (2019<\/strong>)<\/strong> – From the strand plain to the reef: A sedimentological\u2013geomorphological study of a Holocene coast affected by mud diapirism (Archip\u00e9lago Rosario- Bar\u00fa, Colombia)<\/em>. Marine Geology<\/strong>, 415, p. 1-19. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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13. Maftei A. E., Dill H. G., Buzatu A.,<\/strong> Iancu O. G., Buzgar N., Andr\u00e1\u0161 P. (2018<\/strong>) – Chemical and mineralogical composition of fluvial sediments (Bistrita River, Romania): Geogenic vs. anthropogenic input into rivers on its way through mining areas<\/em>. Chemie der Erde<\/strong>, 78-3, p. 385-395. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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12. Dill H. G., Buzatu A., <\/strong>Maftei A. E. (2017<\/strong>) – Capturing digital data with handheld devices to determine the redox regime, lithology, and provenance of siliciclastic sediments and residual deposits\u2014a review and field manual<\/em>. Arabian Journal of Geosciences<\/strong>, 10, p. 188. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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11. Buzatu A., <\/strong>Damian G., Buzgar N., Andr\u00e1\u0161 P., Apopei A. I., Maftei A. E., Milovsk\u00e1 S. (2017<\/strong>) – Structural key features of bismuth and Sb-As sulfosalts from hydrothermal deposits\u2014micro-Raman spectrometry<\/em>. Vibrational Spectroscopy<\/strong>, 89, p. 49-56. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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10. Apopei A. I., Damian G., Buzgar N., Buzatu A.,<\/strong> Andras P., Milovska S.\u00a0(2017<\/strong>) – The determination of the Sb\/As content in natural tetrahedrite-tennantite and bournonite-seligmannite solid solution series by means of Raman spectrometry<\/em>. Mineralogical Magazine<\/strong>, 81, 6, p. 1439-1456. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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9. Buzatu A.<\/strong>, Dill H.G., Buzgar N., Damian G., Maftei A.E., Apopei A.I. (2016<\/strong>) – Efflorescent sulfates from Baia Sprie mining area (Romania) \u2014 Acid mine drainage and climatological approach<\/em>. Science of the Total Environment<\/strong>, 542, A, 629-641. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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8. Apopei A.I., Damian G., Buzgar N., Buzatu A.<\/strong> (2016<\/strong>) – Mineralogy and geochemistry of Pb\u2013Sb\/As-sulfosalts from Coranda-Hondol ore deposit (Romania) \u2014 Conditions of telluride deposition<\/em>. Ore Geology Reviews<\/strong>, 72, 1, 857-873. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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7. Buzatu A.<\/strong>, Damian G., Dill H.G., Buzgar N., Apopei A.I. (2015<\/strong>) – Mineralogy and geochemistry of sulfosalts from Baia Sprie ore deposit (Romania) \u2014 New bismuth minerals occurrence<\/em>. Ore Geology Reviews<\/strong>, 65, 1, 132-147. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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6. S\u00eerbu-R\u0103d\u0103\u0219anu D.S., Huzum R., Iftode S.P., Buzatu A.<\/strong>, Buzgar N. (2015<\/strong><\/strong>) – Spatial distribution of As in urban and peri-urban soils of the city of Ia\u0219i (Romania)<\/em>. 15th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference SGEM2015<\/strong>, Albena. Conference article, 309-315.<\/p>\n

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

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4. Apopei A.I., Damian G., Buzgar N., Milovska S., Buzatu A.<\/strong> (2014<\/strong>) – New occurences of hessite, petzite and st\u00fctzite at Coranda-Hondol open pit (Certej gold-silver deposit, Romania).<\/em> Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences<\/strong>, 9, 2, 71-78. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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3. Buzgar N., Buzatu A.<\/strong>, Apopei A. I., Cotiug\u0103 V. (2014<\/strong>) – In situ Raman spectroscopy at the Vorone\u0163 Monastery (16th century, Romania): New results for green and blue pigments<\/em>. Vibrational Spectroscopy<\/strong>, 72, 142-148. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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2. Buzatu A.<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/strong> Buzgar N., Damian G., Vasilache V., Apopei A.I. (2013<\/strong>) – The determination of the Fe content in natural sphalerites by means of Raman spectroscopy<\/em>. Vibrational Spectroscopy<\/strong>, 68, 220-224. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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1. Buzgar N., Apopei A. I., Buzatu A. <\/strong>(2013<\/strong>) – Characterization and source of Cucuteni black pigment (Romania): vibrational spectrometry and XRD study.<\/em> Journal of Archaeological Science<\/strong>, 40, 4, 2128\u20132135. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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12. Maftei A. E., Buzatu A.,<\/strong> Buzgar N., Apopei A. I. (2018<\/strong>) – Preliminary assessment of anthropogenic contribution and influencing factors on major elements and total organic carbon in Tazl\u0103u River sediments, Romania<\/em>. Romanian Journal of Mineral Deposits<\/strong>, vol. 91, nr. 1-2, p. 73-78. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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11. B\u00eerg\u0103oanu D., Damian G., Buzatu A.<\/strong>\u00a0(2018<\/strong>) – The Fe content in the sphalerites from the Breiner-B\u0103iu\u021b deposit<\/em>. Romanian Journal of Mineral Deposits<\/strong>, vol. 91, nr. 1-2, p. 37-42. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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10. Iftode S.P., Huzum R., S\u00eerbu-R\u0103d\u0103\u0219anu D.S., Buzgar N., Iancu O.G., Buzatu A. <\/strong>(2015<\/strong>) – Geochemical distribution of selected trace elements in the soil-plant system from M\u0103n\u0103ila mining area, Romania<\/em>. Anal. \u015et. Univ. \u201cAl. I. Cuza\u201d Ia\u015fi<\/strong>, Geologie, 61, 21-31. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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9. Buzgar N., Bodi G., Buzatu A.<\/strong>, Apopei A. I. (2013<\/strong><\/strong>) – The Raman study of the white pigment used in Cucuteni pottery<\/em>. Anal. \u015et. Univ. \u201cAl. I. Cuza\u201d Ia\u015fi<\/strong>, Geologie, 59\/2, 41-50. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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8. Buzgar N., Apopei A. I., Diaconu V., Buzatu A. <\/strong>(2013<\/strong><\/strong>) – The composition and source of the raw material of two stone axes of Late Bronze Age from Neam\u021b County (Romania) \u2013 A Raman study<\/em>. Anal. \u015et. Univ. \u201cAl. I. Cuza\u201d Ia\u015fi<\/strong>, Geologie, 59 (1), 5-22. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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6. Apopei A. I., Buzgar N., Buzatu A.<\/strong> (2011<\/strong><\/strong>) – Raman and infrared spectroscopy of kaersutite and certain common amphiboles<\/em>. Anal. \u015et. Univ. \u201cAl. I. Cuza\u201d Ia\u015fi<\/strong>, Geologie, LVII\/2, 35-58. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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5. Buzgar N., Buzatu A.<\/strong>, Apopei A. I., A\u015ftefanei D., Topoleanu F. (2011<\/strong><\/strong>) – Raman study of the brownish-yellow pigment from a Roman Basilica (Dobrogea, Romania \u2013 4th \u2013 6th century A.D<\/em>. Anal. \u015et. Univ. \u201cAl. I. Cuza\u201d Ia\u015fi<\/strong>, Geologie, LVII\/2, 15-18. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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4. Buzgar N., Bodi G., Buzatu A.<\/strong>, Apopei A. I., A\u015ftefanei D. (2010<\/strong><\/strong>) – Raman and XRD studies of black pigment from Cucuteni ceramics<\/em>. Anal. \u015et. Univ. \u201cAl. I. Cuza\u201d Ia\u015fi<\/strong>, Geologie, LVI\/2, 95-108. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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3. Buzatu A.<\/strong>, Buzgar N. (2010<\/strong><\/strong>) – The Raman study of single-chain silicates.<\/em> Anal. \u015et. Univ. \u201cAl. I. Cuza\u201d Ia\u015fi<\/strong>, Geologie, LVI\/1, 108-125. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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2. Buzgar N., Bodi G., A\u015ftefanei D., Buzatu A.<\/strong> (2010<\/strong><\/strong>) – The Raman study of white, red and black pigments used in Cucuteni Neolithic painted ceramics<\/em>. Anal. \u015et. Univ. \u201cAl. I. Cuza\u201d Ia\u015fi<\/strong>, Geologie, 56\/1, 5-14. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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1. Buzgar N., Buzatu A.<\/strong>, Sanislav I. V. (2009<\/strong><\/strong>) – The Raman study of certain sulfates<\/em>. Anal. \u015et. Univ. \u201cAl. I. Cuza\u201d Ia\u015fi<\/strong>, Geologie, 55\/1, 5-23. View Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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