Soil Analysis in Forensic Taphonomy - Chemical and Biological Effects of Buried Human Remains

Zusatztext ? an interesting read and the editors are to be commended for bringing together an overall excellent group of contributors.-James Robertson! Forensic and Data Centres! Australian Federal Police! Canberra! Australia! in Australian Journal of Forensic Science! June 2009 Informationen zum Autor Mark Tibbett, David O. Carter Klappentext Soil Analysis in Forensic Taphonomy: Chemical and Biological Effects of Buried Human Remains is the first book to focus on the impact of soil and its components on the postmortem fate of human remains. International in scope, the chapters deal with both inorganic and organic chemistry, and also biological soil components, including invertebrate activity, fungi, and microbes. The chapters address rates and processes of decomposition, time of death estimates, and methodologies for measuring and analyzing processes. It provides methods for characterizing and fingerprinting soils and offers an introduction to the nature, distribution, and origin of soil materials in forensic comparison of soils. It also includes a chapter on the decomposition of hair. Zusammenfassung Focuses on the impact of soil and its components on the fate of human remains. This book deals with both inorganic and organic chemistry; considers invertebrate activity, fungi, and microbes; and, addresses rates of decomposition, and methodologies for measuring and analyzing processes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Nature, Distribution, and Origin of Soil Materials in the Forensic Comparison of Soils. Cadaver Decomposition and Soil: Processes. The Role of Soil Organisms in Terrestrial Decomposition. Soil Fungi Associated with Graves and Latrines: Towards a Forensic Mycology. The Role of Invertebrates in Terrestrial Decomposition: Forensic Applications. The Decomposition of Hair in the Buried Body Environment. The Decomposition of Materials Associated with Buried Cadavers. Decomposition Chemistry in a Burial Environment. Potential Determinants of Postmortem and Postburial Interval of Buried Remains. Principles and Methodologies of Measuring Microbial Activity and Biomass in Soil. Methods of Characterizing and Fingerprinting Soils for Forensic Application.  ...

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• Authors: Mark (EDT)/ Carter Tibbett, Mark (University Western Australia Tibbett, Mark Carter Tibbett, Takashi Yamanaka
• Assisted by: David O Carter (Editor), David O. Carter (Editor), David O. (University of Nebraska Carter (Editor), Carter David O. (Editor), Mark Tibbett (Editor), Mark (University Western Australia Tibbett (Editor), Tibbett Mark (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.02.2008
• EAN: 9781420069914
• ISBN: 978-1-4200-6991-4
• No. of pages: 364
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; LAW / Forensic Science, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical, Forensic Science, Biology, life sciences, Soil science, sedimentology, Sedimentology and pedology