Can temperature affect the release of ninhydrin-reactive nitrogen in gravesoil following the burial of a mammalian (Rattus rattus) cadaver?

Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 333-340

  Carter, David O ^a   Yellowlees, David ^a   Tibbett, Mark ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 77953914248     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9204-6_21     Document Type: Chapter

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