Research in forensic taphonomy: A soil-based perspective

Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 317-331

  Tibbett, Mark ^a   Carter, David O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 84919875367     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9204-6_20     Document Type: Chapter

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