35^TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS

27 AUGUST - 4 SEPTEMBER 2016 | CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

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35^TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS

27 AUGUST - 4 SEPTEMBER 2016 | CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

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Soil Science Themes

Paper Title	Presenting Author Names
Mapping of Quartz Minerals over Arid Soil Surface Using Hyperspectral Longwave Infrared (LWIR) Remote Sensing Data	Dr. Eyal Ben Dor
Portable X-ray Fluorescence (PXRF) Spectrometry of Soils: Method Limitations	Dr. Elisa Bergslien
Soil in criminal investigations: intelligence and evaluation in current and cold cases	Prof. Lorna Dawson
Support to the police search community using water based search technology	Mike Ferguson
The application of forensic ecology and the use of near-surface geophysics in a search for concealed human remains	Colin Hope
Mineralogy and forensic geology to solve a foreign trade trickery	Mr. FABIO SALVADOR
Hydrochemical Characterisation And Quality Appraisal Of Soil In The Foothills Of Himalaya In Parts Of Uttarakhand, India	Mrs. RESMI SATHIKUMAR
Predicting the origin of soil evidence: high throughput eukaryote sequencing and MIR spectroscopy applied to a crime scene scenario	Dr. Jennifer Young
Environmental magnetic studies of soil profiles from tropical Southern India: A window to pedogenic processes and sediment-source linkage	Dr. Rajasekhariah Shankar
Tracing the source of stolen PGM smelter products	Dr. Roger Dixon
Tracing illicit gold from South America	Dr. Roger Dixon
Geological Society of London (GSL), Forensic Geoscience Group (FGG); the first 10 years and the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), Initiative on Forensic Geology (IFG); the first 5 years	Dr. Laurance Donnelly
Analysis of leachate, VOCs, fatty acids and mineralogy following the discovery of a homicide grave: Potential implications for police led open area ground searches for burials	Dr. Laurance Donnelly
Interpreting the transfer method of soil evidence on clothing by identifying trace soil patterns	Prof. Robert Fitzpatrick
The importance of geological and soil materials as trace evidence in solving criminal investigations in Australia	Prof. Robert Fitzpatrick
Establishing Australia’s first Body Farm - The Australian Facility for Taphonomic Experimental Research (AFTER)	Prof. Shari Forbes
Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) Enhance Plant Drought Stress Tolerance: Physicochemical and Hydrological Changes in Rhizospheric Soil	Prof. Yan Jin
The Importance of the Field of Forensic Soil Examination being Aligned with the Wider Discipline of Forensic Science	Prof. Hilton Kobus
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LASER DIFFRACTION VS CONVENTIONAL SEDIMENTATION AND SIEVE ANALYSES FOR PARTICLE SIZE MEASUREMENT USING A VARIETY OF SOUTH AFRICAN SOILS.	Mr. Jaco Koch
A GIS-based landscape approach to Forensic Search Strategies and RAG mapping	Dr. Jennifer McKinley
Ecological services and biophysical functioning of agriecological soils of Burkina Faso	Prof. Mikael Motelica-Heino
Introduction to the Exploitation of Microscopic Traces for the Geo-sourcing of Forensic Soil and Dust Evidence: Methods and Examples from Casework	Mr. Skip Palenik
Trace evidence examination using laboratory and synchrotron X-ray diffraction techniques	Mr. Mark Raven
"Successes and Failures in Detecting Buried Non-metallic Objects Using Ground (and Water) Penetrating Radar (WPR and GPR)"	Dr. Alastair Ruffell
Bromine in soil	Dr. Irina Shtangeeva
The decrease in revenues groundwater residues of fertilizers and toxic chemicals.	Mr. Gani Mavlyanov
Igneous Phosphate Resources of East and South east Africa	Mr. Wondafrash Mammo Ghebre
Novel potash fertiliser from nepheline syenite for Africa’s agricultural growth	Mr. Annock Chiwona
Forensic Geophysics: ground penetrating radar application in archaeological research in Tekoha Jevy village, Parana, Brazil.	Mr. Fábio Salvador
Novel use of monochromatic light mineral separation techniques to enhance agromineral concentration for plant nutrient release from mesocratic and leucocratic fractions of Pelotas monzogranite, RS, Brazil	Mr. Matheus Grecco
Erosion and sedimentation in the Daryan watershed, north west of Iran	Mr Javad Darvishi khatooni
Preliminary results of a geoelectrical survey in a vineyard in Estremoz, Portugal	Prof. Antonio Correia
Forensic Geosciences applied to the presence or absence of a corpse	Dr. Rosa Maria Di Maggio
Geoforensics in Italy: Education and Research Standards	Dr. Rosa Maria Di Maggio
Comparison of ginseng planting field soil to solve a murder case	Ms. Hongling Guo
Prairie Mound Morphology and Age in the Arkansas River Valley, south-central United States	Dr. Brad Lee
Geophysical monitoring over graves simulated in Colombia, South America.	Dr. Carlos Molina
Development of Chernozem – Luvisol toposequence in the North-east Namibia	Dr. Vit Penizek
Possibility of describing sand grain morphology by image analysis	Dr. Ritsuko Sugita
Estimation of Volumetric Oil Content in Unsaturated Soils using Thermo-TDR Techniques	Mr. Shinsuke Aoki