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Tyler B. Coplen is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions in subfields such as ecology, atmospheric science, global and planetary change, geochemistry and petrology, and mechanics of materials.

Coplen's work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Radioactive contamination and transfer
  • Astronomical and nuclear sciences
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Standard atomic weights of the elements 2021 (IUPAC Technical Report), 2022, Pure and Applied Chemistry
  • Dual clumped isotope thermometry resolves kinetic biases in carbonate formation temperatures, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Calibration of carbonate-water triple oxygen isotope fractionation: Seeing through diagenesis in ancient carbonates, 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Minimum requirements for publishing hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur stable-isotope delta results (IUPAC Technical Report), 2022, Pure and Applied Chemistry
  • USGS44, a new high-purity calcium carbonate reference material for δ 13 C measurements, 2020, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Coplen frequently publishes research in several venues, including:

  • Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Pure and Applied Chemistry
  • IUPAC Standards Online
  • Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors of Coplen include:

  • Harro A. J. Meijer
  • Philip J. H. Dunn
  • Heiko Moossen
  • Dávid Bajnai
  • Katharina Methner

Best Publications

  • Guidelines and recommended terms for expression of stable‐isotope‐ratio and gas‐ratio measurement results

    Tyler B. Coplen

  • Comparison of stable isotope reference samples

    Tyler B. Coplen;Carol Kendall;Jessica A. Hopple

  • NEW GUIDELINES FOR REPORTING STABLE HYDROGEN, CARBON, AND OXYGEN ISOTOPE-RATIO DATA

    Tyler B. Coplen

  • Reporting of stable hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen isotopic abundances (Technical Report)

    Tyler B. Coplen

  • New Guidelines for δ13C Measurements

    T. B. Coplen;W. A. Brand;M. Gehre;M. Gröning

  • Distribution of oxygen-18 and deuterium in river waters across the United States†

    Carol Kendall;Tyler B. Coplen

  • Normalization of oxygen and hydrogen isotope data

    Tyler B. Coplen

  • Isotopic compositions of the elements 2013 (IUPAC Technical Report)

    Juris Meija;Tyler B. Coplen;Michael Berglund;Willi A. Brand

  • Continuous 500,000-year climate record from vein calcite in devils hole, nevada.

    Isaac J. Winograd;Tyler B. Coplen;Jurate M. Landwehr;Alan C. Riggs

  • Atomic weights of the elements 2013 (IUPAC Technical Report)

    Juris Meija;Tyler B. Coplen;Michael Berglund;Willi A. Brand

  • Assessment of international reference materials for isotope-ratio analysis (IUPAC Technical Report)

    Willi A. Brand;Tyler B. Coplen;Jochen Vogl;Martin Rosner

  • Isotope-abundance variations of selected elements (IUPAC Technical Report)

    Tyler B. Coplen;John Karl Böhlke;P. De Bièvre;T. Ding

  • Oxygen isotopes in nitrate: new reference materials for 18O:17O:16O measurements and observations on nitrate-water equilibration.

    J. K. Böhlke;S. J. Mroczkowski;T. B. Coplen

  • Atomic weights of the elements 2011 (IUPAC Technical Report)

    Michael E. Wieser;Norman Holden;Tyler B. Coplen;John K. Böhlke

  • Improvements in the gaseous hydrogen-water equilibration technique for hydrogen isotope ratio analysis

    Tyler B. Coplen;Joe D. Wildman;Julie. Chen

  • Calibration of the calcite–water oxygen-isotope geothermometer at Devils Hole, Nevada, a natural laboratory

    Tyler B. Coplen

  • Correction for the 17O interference in δ13C measurements when analyzing CO2 with stable isotope mass spectrometry (IUPAC Technical Report)

    Willi A. Brand;Sergey S. Assonov;Tyler B. Coplen

  • Duration and Structure of the Past Four Interglaciations

    Isaac J. Winograd;Jurate M. Landwehr;Kenneth R. Ludwig;Tyler B. Coplen

  • Compilation of minimum and maximum isotope ratios of selected elements in naturally occurring terrestrial materials and reagents

    T.B. Coplen;J.A. Hopple;J.K. Böhlke;H.S. Peiser

  • Multisample conversion of water to hydrogen by zinc for stable isotope determination

    Carol. Kendall;Tyler B. Coplen

  • Reporting of stable hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen isotopic abundances

    Unknown

  • Stable Isotope Hydrology: Deuterium and Oxygen‐18 in the Water Cycle

    Tyler Coplen

Frequent Co-Authors

Willi A. Brand
Willi A. Brand Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
John Karl Böhlke
John Karl Böhlke United States Geological Survey
Matthias Gehre
Matthias Gehre Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Harro A. J. Meijer
Harro A. J. Meijer University of Groningen
Arndt Schimmelmann
Arndt Schimmelmann Indiana University
Karen L. Casciotti
Karen L. Casciotti Stanford University
Carol Kendall
Carol Kendall United States Geological Survey
Thomas Prohaska
Thomas Prohaska University of Leoben
Russell N. Drysdale
Russell N. Drysdale University of Melbourne
Leonard I. Wassenaar
Leonard I. Wassenaar University of Ottawa

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