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  title info:
    title: Geological and soil evidence
    sub title: forensic applications
  name:
    name part: Pye, Kenneth.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Taylor & Francis
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic information resources
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: flu
    place:
      place term: Boca Raton, FL
    publisher: CRC Press
    date issued: ©2007
    date issued: 2007
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 335 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
  abstract: The forensic potential of geological and soil evidence has been recognized for more than a century, but recently these types of evidence are used much more widely as an investigative intelligence tool and as evidence in court. There is, however, still a poor understanding of the potential value and the limitations of geological and soil evidence among the forensic science and wider legal communities. "Geological and Soil Evidence: Forensic Applications" provides an authoritative introduction to the nature and properties of geological and soil materials that may be used as trace evidence and the techniques used to analyze and evaluate them. It emphasizes the use of geoscience in forensic analyses, including geophysical, meteorological, and geomorphological data. This inclusive book covers material types and analytical strategies used in examining both the common components of geological evidence, such as rocks, dusts, minerals, spores, and microfossils, as well as anthropogenic particles like pottery and brick. It instructs on particle characterization based on physical, chemical, and mineralogical traits such as color, shape, density, and elemental and isotopic composition. It also explains sampling and handling procedures particular to criminalistics and introduces analysis, evaluation, and decision-making practices based on statistical significance and the weighing of different types of evidence. Discussions of basic principles are supported and enhanced with numerous case studies that tie methods of analysis to specific forensic applications. Examples are drawn from the author's own experience as well as the wider scientific literature. Accessible enough for readers with limited scientific knowledge and informative enough for scientists interested in forensic applications, "Geological and Soil Evidence: Forensic Applications" is a comprehensive reference for the current knowledge of forensic geology and soil science
  table of contents: Introduction : the nature and development of forensic geology -- Types of geological and soil materials that may be useful as trace evidence -- Bulk properties of geological and soil materials -- Properties of individual particles -- Sampling and sample handling -- Evaluation of the significance of geological and soil evidence.
  note: Kenneth Pye.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-321) and index.
  subject:
    topic: Forensic geology
  subject:
    topic: Environmental forensics
  subject:
    topic: Soil science
  subject:
    topic: Geology
  subject:
    topic: Forensic sciences
  subject:
    topic: Ecology
  subject:
    topic: Geology
  subject:
    topic: Forensic Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Ecology
  subject:
    topic: Soil
  subject:
    topic: Géologie légale
  subject:
    topic: Enquêtes environnementales
  subject:
    topic: Pédologie
  subject:
    topic: Géologie
  subject:
    topic: Criminalistique
  subject:
    topic: Écologie
  subject:
    topic: soil science
  subject:
    topic: geology
  subject:
    topic: forensic science
  subject:
    topic: ecology
  subject:
    topic: LAW
    topic: Forensic Science
  subject:
    topic: Geology
  subject:
    topic: Forensic sciences
  subject:
    topic: Ecology
  subject:
    topic: Environmental forensics
  subject:
    topic: Forensic geology
  subject:
    topic: Soil science
  classification: QE38.5 .P94 2007eb
  classification: 363.25
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Geological and soil evidence
    name:
      name part: Pye, Kenneth.
    origin info:
      publisher: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2007
    identifier: (DLC) 2007060503
    identifier: (OCoLC)80361405
  identifier: 9781420004755
  identifier: 1420004751
  identifier: 9780849331466
  identifier: 0849331463
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  record info:
    record content source: N$T
    record creation date: 070601
    record change date: 20241106181559.1
    record identifier: in00005517169
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng