TY - JOUR
T1 - Multiple stable isotope (18O, 13C, 15N and 34S) analysis of human hair to identify the recent migrants in a rural community in SW England
AU - Marsh, J.
AU - Heaton, T. H. E.
AU - Bol, Roland
N1 - Bol, R., Marsh, J., Heaton, T. H. E. (2007) Multiple stable isotope (18O, 13C, 15N and 34S) analysis of human hair to identify the recent migrants in a rural community in SW England. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 21: 18, 2951-2954
Sponsorship: BBSRC
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Relationships between recent migration and hair d18O values were examined for 40 people living in a
rural community in SW England. The isotopic contents of 35 ‘local’ hair samples were compared with
those of 5 recently arrived individuals (from Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany and the USA). The
hair δ18O values of these ‘visitors’ were R7.9 (Omaha, USA), R11.2 (Jena, Germany), R12.1 (Osorno,
Chile), R12.6 (Montreal, Canada) and R14.3%0 (Adelaide, Australia). The hair value for the USA
visitor (R7.9%0) fell outside the range for the 33 local adult residents, R10.5 toR14.3%0 (R12.7W0.8%0).
Hair δ18O values did not identify the individuals from Adelaide, Montreal and Osorno as ‘visitors’,
but hair δ 13C or δ 34S data did. Combining the hair δ18O, δ 13C and δ 34S values using principal
components analysis (two components explained 89% of the overall variation among the 40 subjects)
helped to more clearly distinguish European from non-European individuals, indicating the existence
of global overall isotope (geo-origin) relationships.
AB - Relationships between recent migration and hair d18O values were examined for 40 people living in a
rural community in SW England. The isotopic contents of 35 ‘local’ hair samples were compared with
those of 5 recently arrived individuals (from Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany and the USA). The
hair δ18O values of these ‘visitors’ were R7.9 (Omaha, USA), R11.2 (Jena, Germany), R12.1 (Osorno,
Chile), R12.6 (Montreal, Canada) and R14.3%0 (Adelaide, Australia). The hair value for the USA
visitor (R7.9%0) fell outside the range for the 33 local adult residents, R10.5 toR14.3%0 (R12.7W0.8%0).
Hair δ18O values did not identify the individuals from Adelaide, Montreal and Osorno as ‘visitors’,
but hair δ 13C or δ 34S data did. Combining the hair δ18O, δ 13C and δ 34S values using principal
components analysis (two components explained 89% of the overall variation among the 40 subjects)
helped to more clearly distinguish European from non-European individuals, indicating the existence
of global overall isotope (geo-origin) relationships.
U2 - 10.1002/rcm.3168
DO - 10.1002/rcm.3168
M3 - Article
C2 - 17705338
SN - 0951-4198
VL - 21
SP - 2951
EP - 2954
JO - Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
JF - Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
IS - 18
ER -