dettman

Manager of the University of Arizona's Environmental Isotope Laboratory, a university-wide facility for stable isotope measurement.

Current Research:

• Saguaro spine isotope chemistry, physiology, and growth in a changing climate
• Landsnail shell chemistry and monsoon climate history
• Paleoindian and Archaic usage of coastal marine resources in the northern Gulf of California
• Bird migration and stable isotopes in feathers
• Stable isotopes in modern and ancient fresh water systems
• Fish migration and life history based on otolith chemistry
• Stable isotope studies in lagoonal and estuarine systems
• Minor element concentrations in ostracodes
• Stable isotope paleo-elevation studies
• Stable isotope techniques in ecology, paleoecology and conservation biology

Some of my publications

Classes Taught:

• Stable Isotopes and Paleoenvironmental Interpretation. GEOS 466/566
  Team-taught with Jay Quade – 3 credit graduate/undergraduate class.
  Lecture and paper discussion format. Laboratory project included.
  Fall semester, even years.

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