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Record Nr.

UNINA9910877777703321

Autore

Ruffell Alastair

Titolo

Geoforensics / / Alastair Ruffell and Jennifer McKinley ; with contributions from Laurance Donnelly, Mark Harrison, Antoinette Keaney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2008

ISBN

1-281-84094-7

9786611840945

0-470-75885-6

0-470-75884-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

McKinleyJennifer

Disciplina

363.25

Soggetti

Forensic geology

Environmental forensics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-329) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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;

Sommario/riassunto

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