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FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL
Volume 202, Issue 1-3, Pages 9-12Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.03.044
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Forensic pedology; Forensic geology; Forensic geoscience; Geoforensics; Soil forensics; Environmental forensics
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We now have a confusing set of five commonly used terms for the application of Earth evidence in forensic science. This confusion is resulting in Earth scientists who use these methods mentioning different terms, sometimes for the same type of study. Likewise, forensic scientists, police/law enforcement officers and those employed by courts of law are becoming confused as to what each term means. A nomenclatural framework (based on the first use of each term) is proposed to encourage consistency in the use of terminology. Generally, the number of Earth science applications has grown through time, from soil and sediment analysis to remote sensing and GIS. The issue of where forensic biology and microbiology sits with these uses of Earth evidence is considered. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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