A report of decomposition rates of a special burial type in Edmonton, Alberta from an experimental field study

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 641-647

  Weitzel, Misty A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Forensic science; Forensic taphonomy; Time since death

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLIMATE; CLOTHING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION; FAUNA; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSECT; MUMMIFICATION; PALEOPATHOLOGY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; SKELETONIZATION; SWINE; TIME;

EID: 18244383282     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2004014     Document Type: Article

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