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

• Autore: Ruffell Alastair
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (346 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.25
• Soggetto topico: Forensic geology; Environmental forensics
• Altri autori: McKinleyJennifer
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Geoforensics
• ISBN: 1-281-84094-7; 9786611840945; 0-470-75885-6; 0-470-75884-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910877777703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II