Tipple, Brett James; Chau, Thuan H; Chesson, Lesley A; Ehleringer, James Russell; Mancuso, Christy J; Valenzuela, Luciano O (2023): Isotope and elemental geochemistry of human hair from the United States [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.934773
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Published: 2023-05-24 • DOI registered: 2023-05-24
Abstract:
Hair samples were collected throughout the United States, with particular focus on major metropolitan areas of the western United States. Hair samples were collected in 2004 as well as between 2013-2015. Here hydrogen (d2H) and oxygen (d18O) isotope values along with strontium isotope ratios (87Sr/86Sr) and element abundances were measured. d2H and d18O values, 87Sr/86Sr, and elemental compositions of 560, 385 and 306 hair samples were analyzed following Tipple et al., 2018 (Scientific Reports, 8, 2224), respectively. The purpose of these data was to assess geospatial variations in isotope and elemental geochemistry of human hair. We found that the isotope and elemental geochemistry of human hair largely corresponded to the geochemistry of drinking and bathing water, which in turn varied by water source and management practice. These data provide a foundation to reconstruct human movements using the geochemistry of modern or ancient human hair.
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Ehleringer, James Russell; Bowen, Gabriel J; Chesson, Lesley A; West, Adam G; Podlesak, David W (2008): Hydrogen and oxygen isotope ratios in human hair are related to geography. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105(8), 2788-2793, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0712228105
Tipple, Brett James (2014): Isotope analyses of hair as a trace evidence tool to reconstruct human movements: combining strontium isotope with hydrogen/oxygen isotope data. Department of Justice, National Criminal Justice Reference Service, Document Number 248977, 51 pp, https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/248977.pdf
Tipple, Brett James (2016): Isotope analyses of hair as a trace evidence tool to reconstruct human movements: Establishing the effects of the “Human Ecosystem” on strontium and oxygen isotope ratios. Department of Justice, National Criminal Justice Reference Service, Document Number 250339, 92 pp, https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/250339.pdf
Tipple, Brett James; Valenzuela, Luciano O; Chau, Thuan H; Hu, Lihai; Bataille, Clement P; Chesson, Lesley A; Ehleringer, James Russell (2019): Strontium isotope ratios of human hair from the United States: Patterns and aberrations. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 33(5), 461-472, https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.8378
Tipple, Brett James; Valenzuela, Luciano O; Ehleringer, James Russell (2018): Strontium isotope ratios of human hair record intra-city variations in tap water source. Scientific Reports, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21359-0
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Median Latitude: 38.023326 * Median Longitude: -109.109220 * South-bound Latitude: 29.681800 * West-bound Longitude: -122.546130 * North-bound Latitude: 48.637500 * East-bound Longitude: -86.537800
Date/Time Start: 2004-07-05T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2015-02-18T00:00:00
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- Tipple, BJ; Chau, TH; Chesson, LA et al. (2023): Strontium isotope ratios (87Sr/86Sr) of human hair from the United States. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.934765
- Tipple, BJ; Chau, TH; Chesson, LA et al. (2023): Hydrogen (d2H) and oxygen (d18O) isotopes of human hair from the United States. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.934761
- Tipple, BJ; Chau, TH; Chesson, LA et al. (2023): Element abundances of human hair from the United States. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.934762