Stable isotope forensics : an introduction to the forensic application of stable isotope analysis / Wolfram Meier-Augenstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meier-Augenstein, Wolfram.

Series:

Wiley UBCM ebooks.

Developments in Forensic Science

THEi Wiley ebooks.

THEi Wiley ebooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemistry, Forensic.

Stable isotopes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Access using campus network via VPN at home (THEi Users Only).

Summary:

This book provides the first comprehensive, overview and guide to forensic isotope analysis, an exciting new application of stable isotope analytical techniques. Topics are introduced using examples and real-life case studies such as food quality control where isotope analysis has already had a major impact, in terms of consumer protection, These examples illustrate the underlying principles of isotope profiling or fingerprinting. A section comprising actual criminal case work is used to build a bridge between the introduction and the technical section to encourage students to engage with thi

Contents:

Stable Isotope Forensics; Contents; Series Foreword: Developments in Forensic Science Niamh Nic Da eid; Foreword: Sean Doyle; List of Figures; List of Tables; Introduction: Stable Isotope 'Fingerprinting' or Chemical 'DNA': A New Dawn for Forensic Chemistry?; I How It Works; II Instrumentation and Analytical Techniques; III Stable Isotope Forensics: Case Studies and Current Research; Government Agencies and Institutes with Dedicated Stable Isotope Laboratories; Acknowledgements; Recommended Reading; Author's Biography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-119-96513-6

1-282-02820-0

9786612028205

0-470-68876-9

0-470-68877-7

OCLC:

609863010