Controlled GPR grave research: Comparison of reflection profiles between 500 and 250MHz antennae

Forensic Science International

Volumn 209, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 64-69

  Schultz, John J ^a   Martin, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled geophysical research; Controlled graves; Forensic archaeology; Ground penetrating radar

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTENNA; ANTENNA FREQUENCY; ARTICLE; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL CHANGE; SOIL DISTURBANCE; SPODOSOL; STRATIGRAPHY; SWINE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 79957595686     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Davenport G.C. Remote sensing applications in forensic investigations. Hist. Archaeol. 2001, 35:87-100.
2. Dupras T.L., Schultz J.J., Wheeler S.M., Williams L.J. Forensic Recovery of Human Remains: Archaeological Approaches 2006, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL.
3. Nobes D.C. The search for " Yvonne" a case example of the delineation of a grave using near-surface geophysical methods. J. Forensic Sci. 2000, 45:715-721.
4. Schultz J.J. Using ground-penetrating radar to locate clandestine graves of homicide victims: forming forensic archaeology partnerships with law enforcement. Homicide Stud. 2007, 11:15-29.
5. Schultz J.J., Dupras T.L. The contribution of forensic archaeology to homicide investigations. Homicide Stud. 2008, 12:399-413.
6. Schultz J.J., Collins M.E., Falsetti A.B. Sequential monitoring of burials containing large pig cadavers using ground-penetrating radar. J. Forensic Sci. 2006, 51:607-616.
7. Billinger M.S. Utilizing ground penetrating radar for the location of a potential human burial under concrete. Can. Soc. Forensic Sci. J. 2009, 42:200-209.
8. Ruffell A. Searching for IRA " disappeared" ground-penetrating radar investigation of a churchyard burial site, Northern Ireland. J. Forensic Sci. 2005, 50:1430-1435.
9. Ruffell A., Donnelly C., Carver N., Murphy E., Murray E., McCambridge J. Suspect burial excavation procedure: a cautionary tale. Forensic Sci. Int. 2009, 183:e11-e16.
10. Watters M., Hunter J.R. Geophysics and burials: field experience and software development. Forensic Geoscience: Principles, Techniques and Applications 2004, 21-31. Geological Society, London, UK. K. Pye, D.J. Croft (Eds.).
11. France D.L., Griffin T.J., Swanburg J.G., Lindemann J.W., Davenport G.C., Trammell V., Travis C.T., Kondrateiff B., Nelson A., Castellano K., Hopkins D. A multidisciplinary approach to the detection of clandestine graves. J. Forensic Sci. 1992, 37:1445-1458.
12. Davenport C.G., Griffin T.J., Lindemann J.W., Heimmer D. Geoscientists and law officers work together in Colorado. Geotimes 1990, 35:13-15.
13. K.B. Strongman, Forensic application of ground-penetrating radar, in: J.A. Pilon (Ed.), Ground Penetrating Radar, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 90-4, Ottawa, Canada, 1992, pp. 203-212.
14. France D.L., Griffin T.J., Swanburg J.G., Lindemann J.W., Davenport G.C., Trammell V., Travis C.T., Kondratieff B., Nelson A., Castellano K., Hopkins D., Adair T. NecroSearch revisited: further multidisciplinary approaches to the detection of clandestine graves. Forensic Taphonomy: The Postmortem Fate of Human Remains 1997, 497-509. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. W.D. Haglund, M.H. Sorg (Eds.).
15. Freeland R.S., Miller M.L., Yoder R.E., Koppenjan S.K. Forensic application of FM-CW and pulse radar. J. Environ. Eng. Geophys. 2003, 8:97-103.
16. Schultz J.J. Sequential monitoring of burials containing small pig cadavers using ground penetrating radar. J. Forensic Sci. 2008, 53:279-287.
17. J.S. Mellett, Location of human remains with ground penetrating radar, in: P. Hanninen, S. Autio (Eds.), Fourth International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, June 8-13, Rovaniemi, Finland, Geological Survey of Finland, 1992, pp. 359-365 (Special Paper 16).
18. Brady N.C., Weil R.R. The Nature and Properties of Soil 2002, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.
19. Catts E.P., Goff M.L. Forensic entomology in criminal investigations. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 1992, 37:254-272.
20. Goff M.L. Estimation of postmortem interval using arthropod development and successional patterns. Forensic Sci. Rev. 1993, 5:81-94.
21. Cheetham P. Forensic geophysical survey. Forensic Archaeology: Advances in Theory and Practice 2005, 62-95. Routledge, New York, NY. J. Hunter, M. Cox (Eds.).
22. Conyers L.B. Ground-Penetrating Radar for Archaeology 2004, AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek, CA.
23. Bevan B.W. The search for graves. Geophysics 1991, 56:1310-1319.
24. Doolittle J.A., Bellantoni N.F. The search for graves with ground-penetrating radar in Connecticut. J. Archaeol. Sci. 2010, 37:941-949.
25. Jones G. Geophysical mapping of historic cemeteries. Tech. Briefs Hist. Archaeol. 2008, 3:25-38.
26. King J.A., Bevan B.W., Hurry R.J. The reliability of geophysical surveys at historic period cemeteries: an example from the Plains Cemetery, Mechanicsville, Maryland. Hist. Archaeol. 1993, 27:4-16.
27. Nobes D.C. Geophysical surveys of burial sites: a case study of the Oaro Urupa site. Geophysics 1999, 64:357-367.
28. Conyers L.B. Ground-penetrating radar techniques to discover and map historic graves. Hist. Archaeol. 2006, 40:64-73.