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SP492 Forensic Soil Science and Geology

Edited by R. W. Fitzpatrick and L. J. Donnelly

Forensic soil science and geology provides information and support to help police and law enforcement with criminal investigations. These include collection and analysis of earth-materials and other items from crime scenes, and searches associated with homicide graves, counter-terrorism and organized crime. This volume includes new field and laboratory methods and operational casework from around the world.  

13 November 2020

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    A standard operating procedure (SOP), for soil sampling, for the detection of volatile organic compounds and leachate associated with human decomposition from a shallow, unmarked, homicide grave
    Laurance Donnelly
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, 13 November 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2020-58

5 December 2019

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    Automated mineralogical profiling of soils as an indicator of local bedrock lithology: a tool for predictive forensic geolocation
    Duncan Pirrie, Daniel E. Crean, Allan J. Pidduck, Timothy M. Nicholls, Roy P. Awbery and Robin K. Shail
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, 5 December 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2019-42

2 December 2019

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    Soil DNA: advances in DNA technology offer a powerful new tool for forensic science
    Jennifer M. Young, Denice Higgins and Jeremy J. Austin
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, 2 December 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2017-351

14 November 2019

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    Plant wax compounds and soil microbial DNA profiles to ascertain urban land use type
    L. A. Dawson, L. M. Macdonald and K. Ritz
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, 14 November 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2018-65

4 November 2019

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    The application of forensic geology to investigate the substitution of zinc ingots between China and Brazil
    Fábio Augusto da Silva Salvador, Matheus Pereira Nogueira e Silva, Ricardo de Oliveira Mascarenhas and Anelize Manuela Bahniuk Rumbelsperger
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, 4 November 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2018-83

29 October 2019

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    Analysis of soil following a police-led open area search and the recovery of a cold-case homicide grave
    L. J. Donnelly, J. Cassella, D. Pirrie, L. Dawson, G. Blom, A. Davidson, P. Arnold, M. Harrison and C. Hope
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, 29 October 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2017-337

28 August 2019

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    The forensic comparison of trace amounts of soil on a pyjama top with hypersulphidic subaqueous soil from a river as evidence in a homicide cold case
    Robert W. Fitzpatrick and Mark D. Raven
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, 28 August 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2019-59
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    Trace evidence examination using laboratory and synchrotron X-ray diffraction techniques
    Mark D. Raven, Robert W. Fitzpatrick and Peter G. Self
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, 28 August 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2019-36
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    Evaluation of forensic soil traces from a crime scene: robbery of a safety deposit box in Brazil
    S. A. Testoni, V. F. Melo, L. A. Dawson, F. A. S. Salvador and L. V. Prandel
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, 28 August 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2019-35

22 August 2019

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    Comparison of geophysical and botanical results in simulated clandestine graves in rural and tropical environments in Colombia, South America
    Carlos Martin Molina and Jamie K. Pringle
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, 22 August 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2017-290
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    The forensic application of ground-penetrating radar, Tekoha Jevy indigenous village, Paraná, Brazil
    Rafael E. Canata, Fábio A. S. Salvador, Welitom R. Borges, Francisco J. F. Ferreira, Eduardo X. Seimetz, Ivan Pinto and Eduardo O. Barros
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, 22 August 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2017-329

30 July 2019

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    A case study in forensic soil examination from China
    Hongling Guo, Ping Wang, Can Hu, Jun Zhu, XueYing Yang, Yangke Quan, HongCheng Mei and JinFeng Li
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, 30 July 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2017-307
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    The importance of forensic soil science and geology being connected to mainstream forensic science
    Hilton Kobus and James Robertson
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, 30 July 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2017-314

23 July 2019

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    Dealing with different forensic targets: geoscientists at crime scenes
    P. M. Barone and R. M. Di Maggio
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, 23 July 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2017-274

11 July 2019

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    Portable X-ray fluorescence (PXRF) spectrometry of earth materials: considerations for forensic analysis
    Elisa Bergslien
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, 11 July 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2017-346
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    The desktop study – an essential element of geoforensic search: homicide and environmental cases (west Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK)
    Alastair Ruffell and Lorraine Barry
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, 11 July 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2017-333

9 July 2019

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    Geoforensics in Italy: education and research standards
    R. M. Di Maggio and P. M. Barone
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, 9 July 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2017-273

17 June 2019

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    Geographical Information Science (GIS), spatial sampling and sediment variability examined using a case of manslaughter
    Jennifer McKinley and Alastair Ruffell
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, 17 June 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2018-16

14 June 2019

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    Identifying the source of illicit gold from South America
    Roger D. Dixon and Roland K. W. Merkle
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, 14 June 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2018-15

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