Oxygen isotopes in bioarchaeology: Principles and applications, challenges and opportunities

S Pederzani, K Britton - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Oxygen isotope analyses of skeletal remains (18 O/16 O, δ 18 O) are a powerful tool for
exploring major themes in bioarchaeology (the study of biological archaeological remains) …

Evaporation induced 18O and 13C enrichment in lake systems: A global perspective on hydrologic balance effects

TW Horton, WF Defliese, AK Tripati, C Oze - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Growing pressure on sustainable water resource allocation in the context of global
development and rapid environmental change demands rigorous knowledge of how …

A 2,300-year-long annually resolved record of the South American summer monsoon from the Peruvian Andes

BW Bird, MB Abbott, M Vuille, DT Rodbell… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - pnas.org
Decadal and centennial mean state changes in South American summer monsoon (SASM)
precipitation during the last 2,300 years are detailed using an annually resolved authigenic …

Increased water‐use efficiency does not lead to enhanced tree growth under xeric and mesic conditions

M Lévesque, R Siegwolf, M Saurer, B Eilmann… - New …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Higher atmospheric CO2 concentrations (ca) can under certain conditions increase tree
growth by enhancing photosynthesis, resulting in an increase of intrinsic water‐use …

Hydrologic Connectivity Regulates Riverine N2O Sources and Dynamics

M Hu, Z Yu, TJ Griffis, WH Yang, J Mohn… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Indirect nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from streams and rivers are a poorly constrained term
in the global N2O budget. Current models of riverine N2O emissions place a strong focus on …

Inter-and intra-annual stable carbon and oxygen isotope signals in response to drought in Mediterranean pines

D Sarris, R Siegwolf, C Körner - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2013 - Elsevier
Interpreting the isotopic tree-ring responses of pines to drought provides insight into the
causes of tree mortality. For this reason, we examine such responses for low elevation Pinus …

Rainfall isotope variations over the Australian continent–Implications for hydrology and isoscape applications

SE Hollins, CE Hughes, J Crawford, DI Cendón… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents a continental scale interpretation of δ 2 H and δ 18 O in Australian
precipitation, incorporating historical GNIP data at seven sites (1962–2002) and 8–12 years …

Hydrogen isotopes of n-alkanes and n-alkanoic acids as tracers of precipitation in a temperate forest and implications for paleorecords

EJ Freimuth, AF Diefendorf, TV Lowell - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2017 - Elsevier
The hydrogen isotopic composition of leaf waxes (δD wax) primarily reflects that of plant
source water. Therefore, sedimentary δD wax records are increasingly used to reconstruct …

The 'Headless Romans': multi-isotope investigations of an unusual burial ground from Roman Britain

G Müldner, C Chenery, H Eckardt - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2011 - Elsevier
Recent excavations at Driffield Terrace in York (Northern England) revealed an extremely
unusual Romano-British cemetery of probably all-male composition, more than half of the …

Continental scale variation in 17O-excess of meteoric waters in the United States

S Li, NE Levin, LA Chesson - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2015 - Elsevier
High-precision triple oxygen isotope analysis of waters is an emerging tool in hydrological
and paleoclimate research. The existing research on 17 O-excess in waters includes …