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Autore |
Ruffell Alastair |
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Titolo |
Geoforensics / / Alastair Ruffell and Jennifer McKinley ; with contributions from Laurance Donnelly, Mark Harrison, Antoinette Keaney |
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Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-84094-7 |
9786611840945 |
0-470-75885-6 |
0-470-75884-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (346 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Forensic geology |
Environmental forensics |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-329) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Geoforensics; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preamble; 1 Background to the work, organization of the text and history of research; 2 Physical geography, geomorphology, landform interpretation, archaeology, stratigraphy and hydrodynamics; 3 Geophysics; 4 Remote sensing; 5 Spatial location and geographic information science; 6 Scale, sampling and geostatistics; 7 Conventional geological analysis; 8 Trace evidence; 9 The search for buried materials; 10 Circuit complete; Appendix 1. Search methods; Appendix 2. Soil sampling; Glossary; References; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Geoforensics is a comprehensive introduction to the application of geoscience to criminal, humanitarian, environmental and military investigations. Hallmark features:.:.; Includes large-scale applications such as remote sensing, landform, geophysics as well as small-scale examinations of rocks and spoils to trace material – the two scales of investigation are linked by geoscience applications to forensics.; Illustrated with over 40 case studies to inform the reader through theory as well as application.; Includes examples taken from an environmental and humanitarian perspective in addition to |
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