Using soil and groundwater data to understand resistivity surveys over a simulated clandestine grave

Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 271-284

  Jervis, John R ^a   Pringle, Jamie K ^a   Cassella, John P ^b   Tuckwell, George ^c  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c STATS Limited   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70349532766     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9204-6_17     Document Type: Chapter

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