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Elizabeth Olson

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2010
Tree-ring climate responsesGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsArchaeology and ancient environmental studiesGroundwater and Isotope Geochemistry

Publications

44

Citations

212

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

16

Publishing since 2010

Research summary
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Elizabeth Olson's research focuses on using natural chemical archives—cave formations (speleothems), lake sediments, glacial meltwater, and even oyster shells—to reconstruct past climate and track present-day water and pollution sources. Much of her recent work centers on the Peruvian Andes, studying groundwater recharge, glacial melt, monsoon-driven climate signals in cave deposits, and air pollution sources in the city of Arequipa. She combines isotope geochemistry (chemical fingerprints of elements like oxygen, sulfur, and nitrogen) with hydrology and paleoclimate methods to understand both long-term environmental change and current water/air quality issues.

Paleoclimate reconstruction from cave speleothems and lake sedimentsAndean glacial and groundwater hydrologyIsotope geochemistry (oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen) for tracing environmental processesUrban air and water pollution source identification in PeruGeochemical archives in natural materials (shells, minerals) for contamination tracking

Publication output has been relatively steady over the past decade, fluctuating between 2 and 7 papers per year without a clear upward or downward trend, with a slight dip in the most recent two years compared to a 2021 peak.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.2/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 6 publications192020: 2 publications202021: 7 publications7212022: 3 publications222023: 3 publications232024: 2 publications242025: 3 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts×5
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America×4
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×2
  • Hydrogeology Journal×1
  • Atmospheric Environment×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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