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As clouds move across a continent and rain out, the hydrogen and oxygen isotopes of precipitation will change in predictable ways allowing creation of spatial isotope maps called isoscapes. This geographical information is preserved in drinking waters and in water-based beverages and in the organic matter formed using water, We can use these isotope signatures to make predictions as to the origins of beverages.

Publications are listed in chronological order; PDF indicates that a copy of the publication is available in the Publications menu

283. Brooks, J.R., N. Buchmann, S.L. Phillips, B. Ehleringer, R.D. Evans, L.A. Martinelli, W.T. Pockman, D. Sandquist, J.P. Sparks, L. Sperry, D. Williams, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2002. Heavy and light beer: a carbon isotope approach to detecting C4 carbon in beers from different origins, styles, and prices. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 50:6413-6418. PDF

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Martinelli L.A., M.Z. Moreira, J.P.H.B. Ometto, A.R. Alcarde, L.A. Rizzon, and J. R. Ehleringer. 2003. The stable carbon isotopic composition of the CO2 bubbles and wine of Brazilian sparkling wines: detecting sugar cane additions. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 51:2625-2631. PDF

340. Bowen, G.B., D.A. Winter, H.J. Spero, R.A. Zierenberg, M. Reeder, T.E. Cerling, and J.R Ehleringer. 2005. Stable hydrogen and oxygen isotope ratios of bottled waters of the world. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 19:3442-3450. http://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.2216. PDF

370. Bowen, G.J., J.R. Ehleringer, L.A. Chesson, E. Stange, and T.E. Cerling. 2007. Stable isotope ratios of tap water in the coterminous USA. Water Resources Research 43:W03419, doi:10.1029/2006WR005186 PDF

374. Bowen, G.J., T.E. Cerling, and J.R. Ehleringer. Stable isotopes and human water resources: signals of change. pages 285-300. In Dawson, T.E., and R.T.W. Siegwolf (eds.), Stable isotopes as indicators of ecological change. Academic Press, San Diego. PDF

411. Chesson, L.A., L.O. Valenzuela, S.P. O’Grady, T.E. Cerling, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2010. Hydrogen and oxygen stable isotope ratios of milk in the United States. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 58:2358-2363. doi:10.1021/jf904151c. PDF

412. Chesson, L.A., L.O. Valenzuela, S.P. O’Grady, T.E. Cerling, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2010. Links between purchase location and the stable isotope ratios of bottled water, soda, and beer in the United States. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 58:7311-7316;doi:10:1021/jf1003539. PDF

417. Chesson, L.A., G.J. Bowen, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2010. Analysis of the hydrogen and oxygen stable isotope ratios of beverage waters without prior water extraction using isotope ratio infrared spectroscopy. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 25:3205-3213; doi:10.1002/rcm.4759. PDF

424. Kennedy, C.D., G.J. Bowen, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2011. Temporal variations of oxygen isotope ratios (d18O) in drinking water: Implications for specifying location of origin with human scalp hair. Forensic Science International doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.11.021. PDF

439. Chesson, L.A., B.J. Tipple, G.N. Mackey, S.A. Hynek, D. Fernandez, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2012. Strontium isotope ratios of tap water from the coterminous USA. Ecosphere 3(7): http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES1812-00122.00121. PDF

457. Good, S.P., C. D. Kennedy, J.C. Stalker, L. A. Chesson, L. O. Valenzuela, M. M. Beasley, J. R. Ehleringer, and G.J. Bowen. 2014. Patterns of local and non-local water resource use across the western United States determined via stable isotope intercomparisons. Water Resource Research doi:10.1002/2014WR015884. PDF

485. 
Tipple, B.J., Y. Jameel, T.H. Chau, C.J. Mancuso, G.J. Bowen, A. Dufour, L.A. Chesson, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2017. Stable hydrogen and oxygen isotopes of tap water reveal structure of the San Francisco Bay Area’s water systems and adjustments during a major drought. Water Research 119:212-224. PDF

513. Driscoll, A.W., J.D. Howa, N.Q. Bitter, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2019. Oxygen stable isotopes of a- cellulose verify origins of roasted coffee beans. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 34(7): e8626. http://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.8626. PDF
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515. Bitter, N.Q., D. Fernandez, A.W. Driscoll, J.D., Howa, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2020. Distinguishing the region-of-origin of roasted coffee beans with trace element ratios. Journal of Food Science 320: 126602, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.126602. PDF


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Ecology

Physiology

​Environmental drivers influencing populations and evolution

Forensics & humans