Isotope and elemental geochemistry of human hair from the United States

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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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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.934773
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0712228105
Related Identifier References https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/248977.pdf
Related Identifier References https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/250339.pdf
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.8378
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21359-0
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.934773
Provenance
Creator Tipple, Brett James ORCID logo; Chau, Thuan H; Chesson, Lesley A; Ehleringer, James Russell ORCID logo; Mancuso, Christy J; Valenzuela, Luciano O ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2023
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
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Resource Type Bundled Publication of Datasets; Collection
Format application/zip
Size 3 datasets
Discipline Chemistry; Natural Sciences
Spatial Coverage (-122.546W, 29.682S, -86.538E, 48.638N)
Temporal Coverage Begin 2004-07-05T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2015-02-18T00:00:00Z