The Effect of Soft Tissue on Temperature Estimation from Burnt Bone Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 153-159

  Ellingham, Sarah T D ^a   Thompson, Tim J U ^a   Islam, Meez ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FTIR; Burnt bone; Crystallinity index; Forensic; Forensic anthropology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BURN; FIRE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; RIB; SHEEP; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BURNS; FIRES; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; LINEAR MODELS; RIBS; SHEEP; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84956712162     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.12855     Document Type: Article

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