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Humans and Isotopes: Impacts and Tracers of Human Interactions with the Environment

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Radioactive, radiogenic and light stable isotopes have been useful adjuncts in addressing matters of concern to humans including human health, environmental tracers, radioactive geochronometry of the history of humans and forensic uses including reconstructing diets of the past.

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  1. Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA

    Karl K. Turekian

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  1. Dept. Geology, Wayne State University, Detroit, 48202, Michigan, USA

    Mark Baskaran

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Turekian, K.K. (2012). Humans and Isotopes: Impacts and Tracers of Human Interactions with the Environment. In: Baskaran, M. (eds) Handbook of Environmental Isotope Geochemistry. Advances in Isotope Geochemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10637-8_3

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