Applying the principles of isotope analysis in plant and animal ecology to forensic science in the Americas

LA Chesson, JE Barnette, GJ Bowen, JR Brooks… - Oecologia, 2018 - Springer
The heart of forensic science is application of the scientific method and analytical
approaches to answer questions central to solving a crime: Who, What, When, Where, and …

Forensic application of isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) for human identification

LA Chesson, GE Berg, AJ Edwards, TH Chau, L Low… - Science & Justice, 2024 - Elsevier
Application of isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) to skeletal remains has become an
important tool to investigate human behavior and history. Isotopic variations in collagen …

Application of stable isotope forensics for predicting region of origin of human remains from past wars and conflicts

EJ Bartelink, GE Berg, MM Beasley… - Annals of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The application of stable isotope analysis has provided novel approaches for provenancing
unidentified human remains from forensic contexts. Stable isotope ratios measured in …

The use of stable isotopes in postconflict forensic identification

LA Chesson, GE Berg - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Stable isotope ratio analysis is becoming an extremely important tool for the forensic
investigator. It can be particularly useful in missing persons investigations to help establish …

The role of forensic anthropological techniques in identifying America's war dead from past conflicts

WR Belcher, CY Shiroma, LA Chesson… - Wiley …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Scientific Analysis Directorate of the US Department of Defense's (DoD)
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) is a unique entity within the US Government …

Basic principles of stable isotope analysis in humanitarian forensic science

LA Chesson, W Meier‐Augenstein… - … : Interacting with the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter provides some background and applications of stable isotope analysis in the
context of humanitarian forensic science to illustrate the contribution that isotopic profiling …

Forensic applications of isotope landscapes (“isoscapes”) A tool for predicting region‐of‐origin in forensic anthropology cases

LA Chesson, BJ Tipple, JR Ehleringer… - … and scientific basis, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The goal of this chapter is to describe the theory underlying the application of stable isotope
analyses in forensic investigations, focusing specifically on the use of prediction models and …

Evaluation of the efficacy of spatiotemporal Pb isoscapes for provenancing of human remains

AT Keller, LA Regan, CC Lundstrom… - Forensic Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Geospatially distributed isotopes (isoscapes) from biogeochemically fractionated processes
have been applied in many forensic investigations, such as authentication of food and …

Stable isotopes and human provenancing

E Bartelink, R Berry, L Chesson - Advances in forensic human …, 2014 - api.taylorfrancis.com
This chapter is intended to showcase the advances in stable isotope analysis (SIA)
techniques since the publication of Forensic Human Identification: An Introduction …

Addressing data comparability in the creation of combined data sets of bioapatite carbon and oxygen isotopic compositions

LA Chesson, MW Kenyhercz, LA Regan… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Before amalgamating published isotope data, comparability should be demonstrated. This
paper compares carbon and oxygen isotopic compositions of 30 enamel samples measured …