Forensic geoscience: Introduction and overview

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 232, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-5

  Pye, Kenneth ^a,b   Croft, Debra J ^a,c  

^a Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Croft Scientific and Technical   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; DETECTION METHOD; EARTH SCIENCE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; METHODOLOGY; POLICE FORCE;

EID: 7044284723     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.232.01.01     Document Type: Article

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