@article{ref1,
title="Electrical resistivity survey to search for a recent clandestine burial of a homicide victim, UK",
journal="Forensic science international",
year="2010",
author="Pringle, Jamie K. and Jervis, John R.",
volume="202",
number="1-3",
pages="e1-7",
abstract="This case report details an electrical resistivity survey to assist the search for a suspected 1-year-old clandestine burial of a murder victim in North Wales in the UK. Conventional search techniques (victim recovery dogs and probing) proved unsuccessful, and with a significant survey area and a high clay content soil precluding GPR as a geophysical search method, a resistivity survey was instead trialled. Ten resistivity grids were collected and site detrended with user-specified, contoured anomalies being generated. The resulting anomalies were compared to anomalies derived from similar-aged, simulated clandestine burial surveys. Seven anomalies with comparative sizes and amplitudes (±3Ω) of the simulated burials were identified within the search area and prioritised for further investigation. The shallowly buried victim was subsequently recovered outside the survey area.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0379-0738",
doi="10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.04.023",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.04.023"
}