Forensic comparison of soil samples: Assessment of small-scale spatial variability in elemental composition, carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios, colour, and particle size distribution

Forensic Science International

Volumn 163, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 59-80

  Pye, Kenneth ^a   Blott, Simon J ^a   Croft, Debra J ^a,b   Carter, James F ^c  

^a Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b Croft Scientific and Technical   (United Kingdom)

^c MASS SPEC ANALYTICAL LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agglomerative hierarchical cluster analysis; Colour; ICP AES; ICP MS; ICP OES; IRMS; Laser granulometry; Major elements; Particle size distribution; Principal components analysis; Sampling; Soils; Spatial variation; Stable isotopes; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY;

EID: 33749183649     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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