A preliminary investigation into the use of testate amoebae for the discrimination of forensic soil samples

Science and Justice

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 182-190

  Swindles, Graeme T ^a   Ruffell, Alastair ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Soil; Testate amoebae; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HOMICIDE; MINERALOGY; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL ORGANISM; SOIL PROPERTY; TESTATE AMOEBA; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; CLOTHING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTHERN IRELAND; SOIL; WATER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 69649096985     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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