Department of Geosciences
Assistant Professor
Research Areas: Economic Geology, Experimental Petrology, Geochemistry (especially non-traditional stable isotopes), Igneous Processes, Analytical Development (multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry)
Office: 2079 Beard Eaves Coliseum
Lab: 2129B Beard Eaves Coliseum
Address:
2050 Beard Eaves Coliseum
Auburn, AL 36849
Phone: (334) 844-4988
Lab Phone: (334) 844-4343
Fax: (334) 844-4295
Email: ldb0036@auburn.edu
I use geochemical tools to understand the formation and alteration history of ore deposits by using both field-based and experimental methods. In particular, I am interested in using isotopes (especially transition metal stable isotopes like Fe) to track ore-forming processes. I am in the process of building an experimental petrology lab within the Department of Geosciences that will house high-temperature furnaces and pressure vessels capable of simulating the conditions within and near a magma chamber. This lab will provide a unique and necessary complement to our field-based ore deposit studies.
I am looking for graduate and undergraduate students interested in performing or assisting with research in Economic Geology and Geochemistry! Please feel free to send me an email at any time.- Bilenker L.D., Scoates J.S., Weis D., Perry E. (2018) The application of stable Fe isotopes to magmatic sulfide systems: constraints on the Fe isotope composition of magmatic pyrrhotite. Economic Geology, Scientific Communications 113, 1181-1192, doi: 10.5382/econgeo.2018.4586.
- Bilenker L.D., VanTongeren J.A., Lundstrom C.C., Simon A.C. (2017) Iron Isotope Systematics of the Upper and Upper Main Zones of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 18, doi:10.1002/2016GC006660.
- Bilenker L.D., Romano G.Y., McKibben M.A. (2016) Kinetics of Sulfide Mineral Oxidation in Seawater: Implications for Acid Generation during in situ Mining of Seafloor Hydrothermal Vent Deposits. Applied Geochemistry 75, 20-31, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2016.10.010.
- Bilenker L.D., Simon A.C., Reich M., Lundstrom C.C. (2016) Fe-O stable isotope pairs elucidate a high-temperature origin of Chilean iron oxide-apatite deposits. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 177, 94-104, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.01.009.
- Knipping J.L., Bilenker L.D., Simon A.C., Reich M., Barra F., Deditius A., Lundstrom C.C., Bindeman I., Munizaga R. (2015) Magnetite-Bubble Suspensions Explain Origin of Giant Kiruna-type Iron Oxide-Apatite Deposits. Geology, doi:10.1130/G36650.1.
Last updated: 01/25/2023