27 Forensic Geology: Practical Geologic Experiences that Helped CSI's

Tuesday, 21 March 2006
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Presentations

• 1:05 PM
  GEOLOGY GOES TO COURT
  Sarah Andrews, Sonoma State Univ, Sebastopol, CA
  102589 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:25 PM
  FORENSIC GEOLOGY: USING SCENES FROM A POPULAR TV CRIME SERIES IN AN INTRODUCTORY GEOLOGY COURSE
  Alan I. Benimoff, The College of Staten Island/CUNY, Staten Island, NY
  100716 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:45 PM
  FORENSIC GEOLOGY: “ALL THAT REMAINS ARE THE REMAINS”
  George C. Stephens, The George Washington University, Washington, DC and James E. Starrs, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
  99563 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:05 PM
  A CASE OF LUST IN MASSACHUSETTS
  D.W. Caldwell, Boston Univ, Boston, MA
  99055 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:25 PM
  CONDUCTING ENVIRONMENTAL FORENSICS IN DYNAMIC, HIGHLY URBANIZED ESTUARINE SYSTEMS: LESSONS LEARNED FROM INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER ATTACK ON THE SEDIMENTS OF NEW YORK HARBOR
  Joseph P. Smith, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Boston, MA and Curtis R. Olsen, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Boston, MA and Allen M. Gontz, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Boston, MA and Lucille A. Benedict, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY and Richard F. Bopp, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY and Joachim D. Pleil, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Research Triangle Park, NC and William E. Funk, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC and Stephen M. Rappaport, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
  100263 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:00 PM
  HEY WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? - A COMBINED GEOCHEMCIAL AND GEOPHYSICAL APPROACH TO SEDIMENT TRANSPORT DYNAMICS
  Allen Gontz, San Diego, CA and Joseph P. Smith, University of Massachusetts - Boston, Boston, MA and Li Li, University of Massachusetts - Boston, Boston, MA and Gordon T. Wallace, University of Massachusetts - Boston, Boston, MA and Curtis R. Olsen, University of Massachusetts - Boston, Boston, MA and Franco Pala, University of Massachusetts - Boston, Boston, MA
  100826 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:20 PM
  THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF A DIATOM-BASED QUANTITATIVE RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE IN FORENSIC SCIENCE
  Benjamin P. Horton, Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA and Steve Boreham, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, N/A and Caroline Hillier, University of Durham, Durham, N/A
  99703 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:40 PM
  A BREATH OF LIFE TO THE DEAD: APPLICATIONS OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMPULSE GROUND PENETRATING RADAR FOR THE DELINEATION OF LATE 19TH – EARLY 20TH CENTURY UNMARKED GRAVES IN MILTON, PA
  Tyson V. Snader, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA and Andrew L. Kozlowski, Susquehanna Univ, Selinsgrove, PA
  100268 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 4:00 PM
  A MULTI-METHOD GEOPHYSICAL APPROACH TO LOCATE UNMARKED GRAVES IN MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA
  Katherine Beem, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA and Angela Dippold, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA and Jennifer Horner, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA and Tyson Snader, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA and Andrew Kozlowski, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
  100364 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 4:20 PM
  X-RAY DIFFRACTION IDENTIFICATION OF GEOLOGIC TRACE EVIDENCE: IN THE CLASSROOM AND FOR THE COURTROOM
  Elisa Bergslien, SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo, NY
  99976 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 4:40 PM
  COPPER, BENTONITE AND BRUTALITY
  Erich P. Junger, Prince William County Police Dept, Manassas, VA
  102585 (THEME SESSIONS)