People | Researcher
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David Dettman
Research Scientist,
Stable Isotope Geochemistry |
Manager of the University
of Arizona's Environmental
Isotope Laboratory.
A university-wide facility for stable isotope
measurement.
Current Research:
- Colorado River Delta paleosalinity and paleoecology
- The Linxia basin lake system
- Other work on Tibetan Plateau uplift
- Stable isotopes in fresh water systems
- Minor element concentrations in ostracodes
- Stable isotope paleo-elevation studies
- Stable isotope techniques in ecology, paleoecology
- and conservation
biology
Classes Taught:
- Stable Isotopes and Paleoenvironmental Interpretation.
Team-taught with Jay Quade – 3 credit graduate seminar.
Lecture and paper discussion format. Laboratory project included. Fall 1998,
Fall 1999, Spring 2001, Spring 2003.
- Stable Isotopes in Ecology
Team-taught with Karl Flessa – 1 credit graduate seminar.
Lecture and paper discussion format. Laboratory project included. Spring
2002.
Educational Background:
- 1994 Ph.D. Department of Geological Sciences,
University of Michigan; Advisor: K. C Lohmann; Dissertation Title:
Stable Isotope Studies of Fresh-Water Bivalves (Unionidae) and
Ostracodes (Podocopida): Implications for Late Cretaceous / Paleogene
and Early Holocene Paleoclimatology and Paleohydrology of North
America
- 1991 M.S. Department of Geological Sciences, University
of Michigan
- 1989 M.A. Department of History, University of
Michigan
- 1980 B.A. Medieval and Renaissance Studies, University
of Michigan
Office: Gould-Simpson Bldg. 320
Phone: 520-621-4618
Fax: 520-621-2672
Email: dettman@email.arizona.edu
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