Ground penetrating radar surveys to locate 1918 Spanish flu victims in permafrost

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 68-76

  Davis, J Les ^a   Heginbottom, J Alan ^b   Annan, A Peter ^a   Daniels, Rod S ^c   Berdal, B Peter ^d   Bergan, Tom ^d   Duncan, Kirsty E ^e   Lewin, Peter K ^f   Oxford, John S ^g   Roberts, Noel ^h   Skehel, John J ^c   Smith, Charles R ^f  

^a Sensors and Software Inc   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^g QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h ROCHE PRODUCTS LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1918 Spanish Flu; Archaeology; Forensic science; Geophysical survey; Graves; Ground penetrating radar; Longyearbyen; Permafrost; Spanish Flu; Spitsbergen; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 0033989187     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14642j     Document Type: Article

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