The forensic analysis of soils and sediment taken from the cast of a footprint

Forensic Science International

Volumn 162, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 6-12

  Bull, Peter A ^a   Parker, Adrian ^b   Morgan, Ruth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Footprint cast; Forensic geoscience; Pollen; Scanning electron microscopy; Soils and sediment

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; DISTILLED WATER; FEMALE; FIBER; FOOT; FOOTPRINT ANALYSIS; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GAIT; GEOGRAPHY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS; PLASTER CAST; PLOWING; POLLEN ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT; SHOE; SOIL ANALYSIS; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33748564937     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.06.075     Document Type: Article

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