The biochemical alteration of soil beneath a decomposing carcass

Forensic Science International

Volumn 180, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 70-75

  Benninger, Laura A ^a   Carter, David O ^b   Forbes, Shari L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Decomposition; Gravesoil; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Postmortem interval

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CADAVER; DECOMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 51249113414     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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