Chris Romanek
Chris Romanek's research specialty is low-temperature and aqueous geochemistry with emphasis on the stable isotope systematics of elements that play key roles in biogeochemical processes.
Programs
- Paleoclimate/Paleooceanography
- Geomicrobiology
- Isotope Geochemistry/Analytical Techniques
- Meteoritics/Planetary Geochemistry
- Environmental Geochemistry and Geology
- Ecology
- Kamchatka Microbial Observatory Project
Also, see Exploratorium - Nevada Hot Spring Project: Microbial Interactions and Processes (MIP) study
- Holocene Shell Accumulations from the Southeast Brazilian Bight: A collaborative NSF study
- NASA Astrobiology Institute
Sánchez-Román M., Romanek C.S., Fernández-Remolar D., McKenzie J.A. and Vasconcelos C. 2011 Aerobic biomineralization of Mg-rich carbonates: implication for natural environments, Chemical Geol 281, 143-150.
Arnay-de-la-Rosa M.,González-Reimers E., Yanes Y., Romanek C.S., Noakes J.E. and Galindo-Martin L. 2011 Paleonutritional and paleodietary survey on prehistoric humans from Las CAnadas del Teide(Tenerife, Canary Islands) based on chemical and histological analysis of bone. Journal of Archaeological Science 38, 884-895.
Sánchez-Román M., McKenzie J.A., Rebello Wagener A., Romanek C.S. and Vasconcelos C. 2011 Experimentally determined biomediated Sr partition coefficient for dolomite: Significance and implications for natural dolomite, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 75, 887-904.
Cloutis E.A., Hudon P., Romanek C.S., Bishop J.L., Reddy V., Gaffey M.J. and Hardersen P.S. 2010 Spectral reflectance properties of Ureilites, Meteoritics and Planetary Science 45, 1668-1694.
DeMots R.L., Novak J.M, Gaines K.F., Gregor A.J., Romanek C.S. and Soluk D.A 2010 Tissue-diet discrimination factors and turnover of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus), Canadian Journal of Zoology 88, 961-967.
Guerra A., Rodriguez-Navarro A., Gonzales A.F., Romanek C.S., Alvarez-Lloret P. and Pierce G.J. 2010 Life history traits of the giant squid Architeuthis dux revealed from stable isotope signatures records in beak, ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) Journal of Marine Science 67, 1425-1431.
Krause R.A. Jr., Barbour-Wood S., Kowalewski M., Kaufman D.S., Romanek C.S., Simões M and Wehmiller J.F. 2010 Comparative time averaging: Age mixing among sympatric bivalves and brachiopods from a modern tropical shelf. Paleobiology 36, 428-452.
Arnay-de-la-Rosa M., González-Reimers E., Yanes Y., Velasco-Vázquez J., Romanek C.S. and Noakes J.E. 2010 Paleodietary analysis of the Prehistoric population of the Canary Islands inferred from stable isotopes (carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen) in bone collagen. Journal of Archaeological Sciences 37, 1490-1501.
Jimenez-Lopez C., Romanek C.S. and Bazylinski D.A. 2010 Magnetite as a Prokaryotic Biomarker. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeoscience, 115, G00G03.
Green A., Buhlmann K., Hagen C., Romanek C.S. and Gibbons J.W. 2010 Mercury contamination in turtles and implications for human health. Journal of Environmental Health 72, 14-22.
Willson J.D., Winne C.T., Pilgrim M.A., Romanek C.S. and Gibbons J.W. 2010 Effects of terrestrial resource pulses on trophic niche width and overlap in two sympatric aquatic snake species: A stable isotope approach. Oikos 119, 1161-1171.
Romanek C.S., Beard B. Anbar A. and Andrus C.T.F. 2010 Non-traditional stable isotopes in the environmental sciences. In Environmental Isotopes in Bioremediation and Microbial Degradation Processes, (eds.) C.M. Aelion, P. Hohener, D. Hunkeler and R. Aravena. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL, 385-435.
