Isotope Ratio Ecology and Hydrology (IREH)
Professor Gabriel Bowen
Purdue University - Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Professor Gabriel Bowen
Purdue University - Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
550 Stadium Mall Drive
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Phone: 765.494.3258
Fax: 765.496.1210
Welcome
The IREH group applies light stable isotope ratio measurements in combination with a range of other field and laboratory data and modeling to large-scale problems in the Earth and environmental sciences. Areas of current research emphasis include:
- Paleoclimate reconstruction
- Developing isotopic proxies for past climatological and environmental conditions
- Improving models for the interpretation of isotopic proxy data
- Applying isotopic, geochemical, and sedimentological proxy data to identify and understand paleoclimatological, paleohydrological, and paleoecological change
- Hydrology
- Developing sampling networks to document large-scale isotopic variation in the water cycle
- Applying GIS analysis of H and O isotope data to map and quantify water fluxes in human-hydrological systems
- Forensics
- Developing databases and models for the spatiotemporal distribution of environmental isotopes
- Using isotopic measurements to infer the origin or history of evidentiary materials
- Informatics
- Developing web-GIS interfaces enabling universal access to geochemical databases and models
