A systematic approach to soil forensics: Criminal case studies involving transference from crime scene to forensic evidence

Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 105-127

  Fitzpatrick, Rob W ^a   Raven, Mark D ^a   Forrester, Sean T ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 84919845092     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9204-6_8     Document Type: Chapter

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