Development of a coastal dune sediment database for England and Wales: Forensic applications

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 232, Issue , 2004, Pages 75-95

  Saye, Samantha E ^a   Pye, Kenneth ^a  

^a Crowthorne Enterprise Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LANDFORM; CRIME; DATABASE; DUNE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 7044269569     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.232.01.09     Document Type: Article

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