Adam M Hudson
I am an isotope geochemist focused on applying radiogenic and stable isotopes to understanding hydrologic and climate systems in the present and geologic past. My main research goal is to understand what affects water availability in arid regions.
My research focuses on two parallel tracks: 1) Tracing water sources in modern surface and groundwater systems and 2) reconstructing past responses of these systems to climate change through geologic mapping and isotope study of surficial deposits of lakes, rivers, soils, and desert springs and wetlands. I have done research in Tibet, the Andes, and the western United States. My current research is focused in the US Great Basin, Alaska, and the southern Rocky Mountains of Colorado and New Mexico.
Professional Experience
2020-present: Principal Investigator of Denver Radiogenic Isotope Lab, U.S. Geological Survey, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, Lakewood, CO
2016-present: Isotope Geochemist, U.S. Geological Survey, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, Lakewood, CO
Education and Certifications
2015: PhD, Geosciences/Geochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2011: MS, Geosciences/Geochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Science and Products
Data Rease for "Isotopic constraints on middle Pleistocene cave evolution, paleohydrologic flow, and environmental conditions from Fitton Cave speleothems, Buffalo National River, Arkansas"
Establishing chronologies for alluvial-fan sequences with analysis of high-resolution topographic data: San Luis Valley, Colorado, USA
Isotopic characterization of late Neogene travertine deposits at Barrancas Blancas in the eastern Atacama Desert, Chile
Stable C, O and clumped isotope systematics and 14C geochronology of carbonates from the Quaternary Chewaucan closed-basin lake system, Great Basin, USA: Implications for paleoenvironmental reconstructions using carbonates
Preliminary geologic map of the Big Costilla Peak area, Taos County, New Mexico, and Costilla County, Colorado
Preliminary geologic map of the Vermejo Peak area, Colfax and Taos Counties, New Mexico and Las Animas and Costilla Counties, Colorado
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Data Rease for "Isotopic constraints on middle Pleistocene cave evolution, paleohydrologic flow, and environmental conditions from Fitton Cave speleothems, Buffalo National River, Arkansas"
Establishing chronologies for alluvial-fan sequences with analysis of high-resolution topographic data: San Luis Valley, Colorado, USA
Isotopic characterization of late Neogene travertine deposits at Barrancas Blancas in the eastern Atacama Desert, Chile
Stable C, O and clumped isotope systematics and 14C geochronology of carbonates from the Quaternary Chewaucan closed-basin lake system, Great Basin, USA: Implications for paleoenvironmental reconstructions using carbonates
Preliminary geologic map of the Big Costilla Peak area, Taos County, New Mexico, and Costilla County, Colorado
Preliminary geologic map of the Vermejo Peak area, Colfax and Taos Counties, New Mexico and Las Animas and Costilla Counties, Colorado
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.