Soil Forensic Oral Presentations: I

Soil Forensics Submissions

Third International Soil Forensics Conference
Tuesday, November 2, 2010: 8:30 AM-5:15 PM
Hyatt Regency Long Beach, Regency Ballroom DEF, Third Floor
Presidings:
William Schneck and Laurance J. Donnelly
8:30 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:45 AM
A Complementary Approach to the Forensic Analysis of Soil in Case Investigations.
Lorna Dawson, The Macaulay land Use Research Institute; Mark Czerinakiewicz, Northern Constabulary; Kevan Handley, Derbyshire Constabulary; Steve Hillier, The Macaulay land Use Research Institute; Jean Robertson, The Macaulay land Use Research Institute; Jasmine Ross, The Macaulay land Use Research Institute; Willie Towers, The Macaulay land Use Research Institute; David Donnelly, The Macaulay land Use Research Institute; Bob Mayes, The Macaulay land Use Research Institute
9:30 AM
Strengthening Soil Forensics: Issues and Impact of the National Academy of Sciences Report.
David A. Korejwo, Federal Bureau of Investigation
10:00 AM
Refreshment Break - Regency Foyer
10:30 AM
Using Soil Mineral Signatures to Confirm Sources of Industrial Contaminant Trespass.
Wayne Isphording, Tulane University
11:00 AM
Ragweed Species Identification by tRFLP of Pollen Grains.
Claire L. Tillyer, University of Worcester
11:30 AM
A Critical Evaluation of Geoforensic Sampling and Interpretation of Resultant Data.
Patricia Wiltshire, University of Aberdeen
12:00 PM
Fungi In Soil Forensics: Indications of the Potential of a Little-Used Tool.
David L. Hawksworth, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Patricia Wiltshire, University of Aberdeen
12:30 PM
Lunch Break
1:45 PM
Guidelines for Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensic Investigations.
Robert Fitzpatrick, CSIRO; Mark Raven, CSIRO
2:30 PM
Estimating Local and Regional Spatial Variability of Soil Geochemistry Using Geostatistics for Environmental and Forensics Applications.
Jennifer McKinley, Queen's University Belfast
3:00 PM
Refreshment Break - Regency Foyer
3:30 PM
Biomolecular Analyses to Complement Mineral-Based Forensic Geoscience Approaches In Distinguishing Urban Land-Use Types.
Lynne Macdonald, CSIRO; Lorna Dawson, The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute; Brajesh Singh, The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute; Steven Hillier, The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute; Jean Robertson, The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute; Robert Mayes, The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute; Colin Campbell, The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute; Patricia Bellamy, Cranfield University; Karl Ritz, Cranfield University
4:00 PM
Urban Soils - Forensic Opportunities.
Alastair Ruffell, Queen's University, Belfast; Duncan Pirrie, Helford Geoscience LLP
4:30 PM
Importance of SOIL EVIDENCE IN A CASE of Extortion and Homicide, Dept. Cundinimarca, Colombia.
Carlos Gallego, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses
5:00 PM
End of the day remarks, announcements, etc
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