Forensic geoscience: Applications of geology, geomorphology and geophysics to criminal investigations

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 235-247

  Ruffell, Alastair ^a   McKinley, Jennifer ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forensic; Geochemistry; Geophysics; Petrography; Remote sensing; Scene of crime

Indexed keywords

CRIME; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GEOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS;

EID: 13444258109     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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