Bioavailable soil and rock strontium isotope data from Israel

I. Moffat; I. Moffat; R. Rudd; M. Willmes; M. Willmes; G. Mortimer; L. Kinsley; L. McMorrow; R. Armstrong; M. Aubert; M. Aubert; M. Aubert; R. Grün; R. Grün

doi:10.5194/essd-12-3641-2020

Earth System Science Data (Dec 2020)

Bioavailable soil and rock strontium isotope data from Israel

I. Moffat,
I. Moffat,
R. Rudd,
M. Willmes,
M. Willmes,
G. Mortimer,
L. Kinsley,
L. McMorrow,
R. Armstrong,
M. Aubert,
M. Aubert,
M. Aubert,
R. Grün,
R. Grün

Affiliations

I. Moffat: Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University,Bedford Park, 5042, Australia
I. Moffat: Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, 2600, Australia
R. Rudd: Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University,Bedford Park, 5042, Australia
M. Willmes: University of California Santa Cruz, Institute of Marine Science, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA
M. Willmes: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Santa Cruz, USA
G. Mortimer: Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, 2600, Australia
L. Kinsley: Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, 2600, Australia
L. McMorrow: Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, 2600, Australia
R. Armstrong: Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, 2600, Australia
M. Aubert: Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, 2600, Australia
M. Aubert: Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University, Southport, 4222, Australia
M. Aubert: Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University, Nathan, 4111, Australia
R. Grün: Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, 2600, Australia
R. Grün: Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University, Nathan, 4111, Australia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-3641-2020
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12
pp. 3641 – 3652

Abstract

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Strontium isotope ratios (87Sr ∕ 86Sr) of biogenic material such as bones and teeth reflect the local sources of strontium ingested as food and drink during their formation. This has led to the use of strontium isotope ratios as a geochemical tracer in a wide range of fields including archaeology, ecology, food studies and forensic sciences. In order to utilise strontium as a geochemical tracer, baseline data of bioavailable 87Sr ∕ 86Sr in the region of interest are required, and a growing number of studies have developed reference maps for this purpose in various geographic regions, and over varying scales. This study presents a new data set of bioavailable strontium isotope ratios from rock and soil samples across Israel, as well as from sediment layers from seven key archaeological sites. This data set may be viewed and accessed both in an Open Science Framework repository (https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/XKJ5Y, Moffat et al., 2020) or via the IRHUM (Isotopic Reconstruction of Human Migration) database.

Published in Earth System Science Data

ISSN: 1866-3508 (Print); 1866-3516 (Online)
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
Country of publisher: Germany
LCC subjects: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences; Science: Geology
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