Soil Analysis in Forensic Taphonomy

Chemical and Biological Effects of Buried Human Remains
Herausgeber: Tibbett, Mark; Carter, David O

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 156mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 684g
• ISBN-13: 9781420069914
• ISBN-10: 1420069918
• Artikelnr.: 23142665

Autorenporträt

Mark Tibbett, David O. Carter

Inhaltsangabe

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.