Год выпуска: 2008 Автор: Alastair Ruffell, Jennifer McKinley Издательство: Страниц: 340 ISBN: 0470057351
Описание
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 the terrorist and domestic criminal cases more regularly discussed Describes and examines innovative methods that are of growing importance in geoforensics, for example multi-proxy methods, sedimentology, the examination of trace evidence (non-destructive testing, small samples) and the legal aspects of geostatistics Includes a chapter on the use of GIS in...
