Soil in criminal and environmental forensics : proceedings of the Soil Forensics Special, 6th European Academy of Forensic Science Conference, the Hague /: proceedings of the Soil Forensics Special, 6th European Academy of Forensic Science Conference, the Hague. (2016)
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- Book
- Title:
- Soil in criminal and environmental forensics : proceedings of the Soil Forensics Special, 6th European Academy of Forensic Science Conference, the Hague /: proceedings of the Soil Forensics Special, 6th European Academy of Forensic Science Conference, the Hague. (2016)
- Main Title:
- Soil in criminal and environmental forensics : proceedings of the Soil Forensics Special, 6th European Academy of Forensic Science Conference, the Hague
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by Henk Kars, Lida van den Eijkel.
- Editors:
- Kars, Henk
Eijkel, Lida van den - Other Names:
- European Academy of Forensic Science., Conference, (6th) 2012 (Hague, Netherlands)
- Contents:
- Preface -- SECTION I: Criminal soil forensics -- Soil traces: forensic examinations and legal context -- Chapter 1: Forensic palynology: Checking value of pollen analysis as a tool to identify crime scene in semiarid environments -- Chapter 2: Forensic Palynology: How pollen in dry grass can link to a crime scene -- Chapter 3: Geological analysis of soil and anthropogenic material. Three case studies -- Chapter 4: Forensic Soil Analysis: case study of looting at a Roman-Visigothic burial vault -- Chapter 5: Soil comparisons using small soil traces, a case report -- Chapter 6: Forensic comparison of soil samples -- Chapter 7: Reinstating soil examination as a trace evidence sub-discipline -- Chapter 8: Methodology of Forensic Soil Examination in Russia and a View on the World Standardization Process -- SECTION II: Environmental soil forensics -- Forensic tools for spatial and chemical analysis -- Chapter 9: Geographical Information Systems -- a working example in the Brazilian Federal Police for fighting environmental crime -- Chapter 10: Forensic characterization of gasoline releases impacting the environment -- Chapter 11: A general overview of pesticides in soil: Requirement of sensitive and current residue analysis methods -- SECTION III: Searches and burial sites -- A. Searches: co-operation, strategies and techniques -- Chapter 12: A study of pH as an influencing factor in the survival of human remains at sites investigated by the Independent Commission for the LocationPreface -- SECTION I: Criminal soil forensics -- Soil traces: forensic examinations and legal context -- Chapter 1: Forensic palynology: Checking value of pollen analysis as a tool to identify crime scene in semiarid environments -- Chapter 2: Forensic Palynology: How pollen in dry grass can link to a crime scene -- Chapter 3: Geological analysis of soil and anthropogenic material. Three case studies -- Chapter 4: Forensic Soil Analysis: case study of looting at a Roman-Visigothic burial vault -- Chapter 5: Soil comparisons using small soil traces, a case report -- Chapter 6: Forensic comparison of soil samples -- Chapter 7: Reinstating soil examination as a trace evidence sub-discipline -- Chapter 8: Methodology of Forensic Soil Examination in Russia and a View on the World Standardization Process -- SECTION II: Environmental soil forensics -- Forensic tools for spatial and chemical analysis -- Chapter 9: Geographical Information Systems -- a working example in the Brazilian Federal Police for fighting environmental crime -- Chapter 10: Forensic characterization of gasoline releases impacting the environment -- Chapter 11: A general overview of pesticides in soil: Requirement of sensitive and current residue analysis methods -- SECTION III: Searches and burial sites -- A. Searches: co-operation, strategies and techniques -- Chapter 12: A study of pH as an influencing factor in the survival of human remains at sites investigated by the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims Remains -- Chapter 13: Interdisciplinary approaches to the search and location of buried bodies: a United Kingdom context -- Chapter 14: Forensic Geophysics: How the GPR technique can help with forensic investigations -- Chapter 15: Filter paper adsorption and ninhydrin reagent as presumptive test for gravesoil -- B. Decomposition and degradation processes -- Chapter 16: Changes in soil microbial activity following cadaver decomposition during spring and summer months in southern Ontario -- Chapter 17: Soil fauna and their effects on decomposition within coniferous and deciduous tree soil samples -- Chapter 18: Analysis of decomposition fluid collected from carcasses decomposing in the presence and absence of insects -- Chapter 19: Forensic analysis of volatile compounds from decomposed remains in a soil environment -- Chapter 20: GC×GC-TOFMS, the Swiss knife for VOC mixtures analysis in soil forensic investigations -- Chapter 21: An investigation of the degradation of polymeric grave goods in soil environments. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Switzerland : Springer
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (ix, 346 pages), illustrations (some color)
- Subjects:
- 631.4
Medicine
Soils -- Testing -- Congresses
Soils -- Composition -- Congresses
Soils -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses
Forensic sciences -- Congresses
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General
Forensic sciences
Soils -- Composition
Soils -- Environmental aspects
Soils -- Testing
Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geology
Nature -- Environmental Conservation & Protection
Social Science -- Criminology
Geology & the lithosphere
Soil science, sedimentology
Crime & criminology
Forensic medicine
Geology
Soil conservation
Criminology
Medical -- Forensic Medicine
Forensic science
Electronic books
Conference papers and proceedings - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9783319331157
3319331159
3319331132
9783319331133 - Related ISBNs:
- 9783319331133
- Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
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