An introduction to forensic geoscience /
By: Bergslien, Elisa.
Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex ; Wiley, 2012Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xxxi, 482 p. : ill. (some col.), plates, maps ; 29 cm.Content type: text | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781118227954 (hardback); 9781118227954:; 1118227956 (hardback); 9781405160544 (paper); 1405160543 (paper).Subject(s): Environmental forensics
| Forensic geology | Crime investigationDDC classification: 363.25 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
A brief history of forensic science and crime scene basics -- Minerals: the basic building blocks of geology -- Rocks: storybooks of the earth -- Maps: getting a sense of place -- Sand: to see the world in grain of sand -- Gems and gemstone: those most precious of all minerals -- Soil: getting the dirt on crime -- The geology of art -- Fossils and microfossils: traces of life -- Geology and people: forensic anthropology and forensic archeology -- Environmental forensics: tracking pollution to its source
"Introduces geological fundamentals through medium of forensic science"--
'An Introduction to Forensic Geoscience' provides fundamental training in geoscience, as developed through the lens of its forensic applications. It incorporates a range of topics including geophysical methods of grave detection, the mineralogy of art and the identification of microfossils.