Disturbances in the soil: Finding buried bodies and other evidence using ground penetrating radar

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 648-652

  Miller, Peter S ^a  

^a USA Ctrl Identification Laboratory ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

archaeology; forensic science; ground penetrating radar; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 0029996636     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs13970j     Document Type: Article

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