Forensic geology of bone mineral: Geochemical tracers for post-mortem movement of bone remains

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 232, Issue , 2004, Pages 249-256

  Trueman, Clive N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRIME; DETECTION METHOD; FORENSIC SCIENCE; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 7044235094     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.232.01.22     Document Type: Article

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