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Analysis of soil in three different areas of Manipal, India

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Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
  • 2Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India

Res. J. Forensic Sci., Volume 10, Issue (2), Pages 9-12, July,29 (2022)

Abstract

Analysis of soil is a very vast subject due to the vast number of materials present in a soil sample. Various tests can be conducted on a soil sample, but the due to limited quantity of soil sample found in and around a crime scene and all the tests cannot be conducted on them. Soil tests which can be conducted and provide a very important data to the investigative agencies. This can be used to make a study of different soil components of which elemental composition can be used as a tool for usage of soil as an evidence in the area of forensic science. This study involves the analysis of top soil in three popular areas of Manipal and to determine if there is any difference in the common elemental quantity in the soil samples.

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