Chapter 37 Heavy Minerals in Forensic Science

Developments in Sedimentology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2007, Pages 937-961

  Palenik, Skip ^a  

^a Microtrace   (United States)

Author keywords

forensic geology; geographic sourcing; heavy minerals; mineralogy; polarized light microscopy; trace evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349100927     PISSN: 00704571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-4571(07)58037-4     Document Type: Review

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