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2017​
  • Lefticariu, L., Behum, P.T., Bender, K.S., Lefticariu, M. (2017) Sulfur isotope fractionation as an indicator of biogeochemical processes in an AMD passive bioremediation system. Minerals 7(2), 41 [PDF] 
  • Sutton, S.R., Lanzirotti, A., Newville, M., Rivers, M.L., Eng, P., Lefticariu, L. (2017) Spatially Resolved Elemental Analysis, Spectroscopy and Diffraction at the GSECARS Sector at the Advanced Photon Source. Journal of Environmental Quality. doi:10.2134/jeq2016.10.0401​ [PDF]
  • Lefticariu, L., Sutton, S.R., Bender, K.S., Lefticariu, M., Pentrak, M., Stucki, J.W. (2017) Impacts of detrital nano- and micro-scale particles (dNP) on contaminant dynamics in a coal mine AMD treatment system. Science of The Total Environment 575, 941–955​. [PDF]​

2016

  • SIU Geology Department anual newsletter presenting research activities in the Lefticariu lab. [PDF]
  • Zneimer*, S.L., Lefticariu, L., Ford, T., Lefticariu, M., (2016) Modeling local water cycle dynamics by integrating stable isotopes of precipitation and climate parameters. The 2016 GSA Annual Meeting, September 25-29 2016, Denver, CO., USA. [PDF]
    Yin, H., Lefticariu, L., Wei, J., Guo, J., Li, Z. and Guan, Y., (2016). In situ dynamic monitoring of stress revolution with time and space under coal seam floor during longwall mining. Environmental Earth Sciences, 75(18), p.1249.
  • Yin, H., Lefticariu, L., Wei, J., Zhu, L., Guo, J., Li, Z. and Guan, Y., (2016) A Multi-method Approach for Estimating the Failure Depth of Coal Seam Floor with Longwall Mining Coal Mine in China. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, pp.1-15.
  • Wei, J., Wu, F., Yin, H., Guo, J., Xie, D., Xiao, L., Zhi, H. and Lefticariu, L., (2016) Formation and Height of the Interconnected Fractures Zone after Extraction of Thick Coal Seams with Weak Overburden in Western China. Mine Water and the Environment, pp.1-8.
  • Yin, H., Wei, J., Lefticariu, L., Guo, J., Xie, D., Li, Z. and Zhao, P., (2016) Numerical Simulation of Water Flow from the Coal Seam Floor in a Deep Longwall Mine in China. Mine Water and the Environment, 35(2), pp.1-10.​

2015

  • Lefticariu, L., Walters, E.R., Pugh, C.W., Bender, K.S. (2015) Sulfate reducing bioreactor dependence on organic substrates for remediation of coal-generated acid mine drainage: Field experiments. Applied Geochemistry 63, 70-82.
  • McLeran, K., Lefticariu, L., Therrell, M., Schoof, J. (2015) Oxygen isotope analysis analysis in tree rings of Pterocarpus angolensis in Zimbabwe. HiRes2015: the Conference on High Resolution Proxies on Paleoclimate. May 31-June3, 2015.  University of Wisconsin Madison (WI). [PDF]
  • Denny, B.F., Guillemette, R.,N., Lefticariu, L., (2015) Rare earth mineral concentrations in ultramafic alkaline rocks and fluorite within the Illinois-Kentucky Fluorite District: Hicks Dome cryptoexplosive complex, southeast Illinois and Northwest Kentucky (USA). In: Z. Lasemi, ed., Proceedings of the 47th Forum of the Geology of Industrial Minerals.  ISGS Publications Series, Circular 587, 1-16. [PDF]
  •  Lefticariu, L., (2015) Improved sulfate-reducing bioreactor for the remediation of high total dissolved solids drainage associated with coal mining and processing in the U.S. Final report to Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, February 2015, 67pp. [link]
  • Lefticariu, L. (2015) Field demonstration of alternative coal processing waste disposal technology. Final report to Illinois Clean Coal Institute, January 2015, 28 pp [link]

2014
  • Perry, E. C., Lefticariu, L. (2014) Formation and geochemistry of Precambrian cherts. In: Treatise on Geochemistry (2nd Edition); H. Holland and K. Turekian (Eds.) Volume 9, Sediments, Diagenesis, and Sedimentary Rocks; F.T. MacKenzie (Ed.), pp. 113-139. [PDF]
  • Lefticariu, L., Behum*, P.T. Jr., Chugh, Y. P., (2014) A field evaluation of alternate coal processing waste management technology. Proceedings to the 31th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, CD-ROM.
  • Huiyon, Y., Jiuchuan, W., Lefticariu, L.,, Qiang, W., (2014) Using the Geological-Tectonic-Lithological-Structure Index to predict water abundance in sandstone aquifers in coal deposits. Proceedings to the 31th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, CD-ROM.  
  • Walters, Evan R. (2014) Mitigating Microbes. In: Impact SIU, 11 May 2014, pp9-10. [PDF]



2013
  • Walters, Evan R. (2013) Sulfate reducing bioreactor dependence on organic substrates for long-term remediation of acid mine drainage: field experiments. MS thesis. Southern Illinois University. [link]
  • Pugh, Charles W. (2013) Effect of substrate composition on metabolic diversity and efficiency of in situ pilot-scale passive sulfate-reducing bioreactors treating acid mine drainage. MS thesis. Southern Illinois University. [link]
  • Walters, Evan R., Behum, Paul T., Lefticariu, Liliana (2013) Sulfate reducing bioreactor dependence on organic substrates for long-term remediation of acid mine drainage: field experiments. – In: Brown, A.; Figueroa, L. & Wolkersdorfer, Ch.: Reliable Mine Water Technology (Vol I). – p. 747 – 748; Denver, Colorado, USA (Publication Printers).
  • Behum, Paul T.; Lefticariu, Liliana;  Walters, Evan R.; Kiser, Ron (2013) Passive treatment of coal-mine drainage by a sulfate-reducing bioreactor in the Illinois Coal Basin.  West Virginia Mine Drainage Task Force Symposium. Morgantown, WV March 26-27, 2013.
2012
  • Lefticariu, L. (2012) Nurturing connections across geochemistry. The International Innovation, North America, October 2012. [PDF]
  • Burns, A.S., Pugh, C.C., Behum*, P.T., Segid*, Y.T., Lefticariu L., Bender, K.S. (2012) Microbial community dynamics of a sulfate-reducing bioreactor treating coal generated acid mine drainage. Biodegradation 23 ( 3), 415-429. [PDF] 
  • Silver, B.J., Raymond, R., Sigman, D.M., Prokopeko, M., Sherwood Lollar, B., Lacrampe-Couloume, G., Fogel, M. L., Pratt, L. M., Lefticariu L., and Onstott T.C. (2012) The origin of NO3- and N2 in deep subsurface fracture water of South Africa. Chemical Geology 294-295, 51-62. [PDF]
  • Behum*, P.T. Jr., Lefticariu, L., Bender, K.S., Lewis, L., Segid*, Y.T., Burns, A.S., Pugh, C.C., (2012) Passive treatment of coal-mine drainage by a sulfate-reducing bioreactor: A case study from the Illinois coal basin, USA. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage, CD-ROM.

2011
  • Lefticariu, L., Blum, J. D., Gleason, J. D. (2011) Mercury Isotopic Evidence for Multiple Mercury Sources in Coal from the Illinois Basin. Environmental Science and Technology 45, 1724–1729. [PDF]
  • Behum, P.T., Lefticariu L., Segid*, Y.T., Bender, K.S., Pugh, C.C., Burns, A.S. (2011) Remediation of coal-mine drainage by a sulfate-reducing bioreactor: A case study from the Illinois coal basin, USA. Applied Geochemistry 26 (1), 162-166. [PDF]
  • Denny, F. B., Guillemette, R. N., Lefticariu, L. (2011) Rare earth mineral concentrations in ultramafic alkaline rocks and fluorite within the Illinois-Kentucky Fluorite District: Hicks Dome Cryptoexplosive Complex – SE Illinois and NW Kentucky (USA): 47th Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals, Lasemi, Z., ed., Program with Abstracts and Field Trips, May 15-17, 2011, Champaign, Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey, Prairie Research Institute, p. 17.
2010
  • Lefticariu, L., Pratt, L. M., LaVerne, J. A., Schimmelmann, A. (2010) Radiolysis of water coupled to oxidation of pyrite as a source of biosustaining energy. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 292 (1-2), 57-67. [PDF]
  • Lefticariu, L. (2010) Biogeochemical evaluation of a passive acid mine drainage treatment system from Illinois, USA. Romanian Journal of Mineral Deposits 84, 101-108.
  • Segid, T.Y. (2010). Evaluation of the Tab-Simco acid mine drainage treatment system: water chemistry, performance and treatment processes. MS thesis. Southern Illinois University. [PDF]

     






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