Forensic Geology and Soils

Forensic Ecology Handbook: From Crime Scene to Court

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 183-201

  Pirrie, Duncan ^a   Ruffell, Alastair ^b  

^a HELFORD GEOSCIENCE LLP   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'geolocation' studies, carried out on a global level; Forensic geology (as geoforensics), scientific study of geological materials; Forensic geology and soils; Geological assistance in defining or narrowing search parameters; Geological trace evidence recovery from footwear, clothing; Geological trace evidence, linking suspect or victim to scene; Geological trace evidence, of rocks, sediments and dusts; Industrial sites for legal illegal tipping of wastes, geological trace evidence; Soils varying spatially at metre scale, pertinent in forensic casework

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886467990     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118374016.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

References (5)

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2. Pye, K. 2007. Geological and Soil Evidence: Forensic Applications. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
3. Pye, K. and Croft, D.J. (eds) 2004. Forensic Geoscience: Principles, Techniques and Applications. Geological Society Special Publication 232, London.
4. Ritz, K., Dawson, L. and Miller, D. (eds) 2009. Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics. Springer, London.
5. Ruffell, A. and McKinley, J. 2008. Geoforensics. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester.