Quantitative colour analysis of beach and dune sediments for forensic applications: A Portuguese example

Forensic Science International

Volumn 190, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 42-51

  Guedes, Alexandra ^a   Ribeiro, Helena ^a   Valentim, Bruno ^a   Noronha, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Colour; Forensic; Sediments; Spectrophotometer

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLOR; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETER;

EID: 67650688056     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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