Electrical resistivity survey to search for a recent clandestine burial of a homicide victim, UK

Forensic Science International

Volumn 202, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages

  Pringle, Jamie K ^a   Jervis, John R ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clandestine grave; Forensic geoscience; Geophysics; Resistivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLAY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOIL QUALITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VICTIM;

EID: 78650073381     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.04.023     Document Type: Article

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