TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Electrical resistivity survey to search for a recent clandestine burial of a homicide victim, UK
JO  - Forensic science international
A1  - Pringle, Jamie K.
A1  - Jervis, John R.
SP  - e1
EP  - 7
VL  - 202
IS  - 1-3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0379-0738
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.04.023
ID  - ref1
ER  -