Screen LibraryGeoforensics
"Geoforensics is a comprehensive introduction to the application of geoscience to criminal investigations. Clearly structured throughout, the hook follows a path from the large-scale application of remote sensing, landforms and geophysics in the first half to the increasingly small-scale examin...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470758854 |
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"Geoforensics is a comprehensive introduction to the application of geoscience to criminal investigations. Clearly structured throughout, the hook follows a path from the large-scale application of remote sensing, landforms and geophysics in the first half to the increasingly small-scale examination of rock and soils to trace amounts of material. The two scales of investigation are linked by geoscience applications to forensics that can he applied at a range of dimensions. These include the use of topographic mapping, x-ray imaging, geophysics and remote sensing in assessing whether sediment, rocks or concrete may have hidden or buried materials inside." "This book describes the wider application of many different geoscience-based methods in assisting law enforcers with investigations such as international and national crimes of genocide and pollution, terrorism and domestic crime as well as accident investigation. The text makes a clear link to the increasingly important aspects of the spatial distribution of geoscience materials (be it soil sampling or the distribution of mud-spatter on clothing), Geographic Information Science and geostatistics."--Jacket. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xii, 332 p.) : ill. (some col.), maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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0470758848 (electronic bk.) 9780470758847 (electronic bk.) 9780470758854 0470758856 |
| Index Number: | QE38 |
| CLC: | D918 |
| Contents: | Background to the work, organization of the text and history of research -- Physical geography, geomorphology, landform interpretation, archaeology, stratigraphy and hydrodynamics -- Geophysics -- Remote sensing -- Spatial location and geographic information science -- Scale, sampling and geostatistics -- Conventional geological analysis -- Trace evidence -- search for buried materials -- Circuit complete. |