Sediment fingerprints: A forensic technique using quartz sand grains

Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-124

  Bull, P A ^a   Morgan, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Database; Forensic science; Quartz grain assemblages; Quartz grain types; Quartz surface textures; Scanning electron microscopy; Sediment and soils

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; SAND;

EID: 33748784051     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-0306(06)71581-7     Document Type: Article

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