Items from crime scene

Forensic Geology
89.215

Sherlock Holmes

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Schedule

Class Date

 Topic

 Reading

 Assignment 

 1/28  Class canceled - snow day    
 2/4  Introduction - Observation    Introduction
 2/11  The Case of the Sandy Body I

 Characterizing Sand

 

 Sand Size-Distributions

 Size Analysis Spreadsheet

 2/18  The Case of the Sandy Body II

 Characterizing Minerals

   Mineral Identification

 Mineral Identification Table 

 Heavy Mineral Analysis

 2/25  The Case of the Sandy Body III

 Characterizing Rocks

   Rock Identification

 Size Analysis Data

 3/4  Identifying the murderer in the Sandy Body case

 Using Geologic Maps to Identify Crime Scenes

   Geologic Time and Geologic Maps

 Quiz I

 3/11

 Using Pigments to Identify Art Fraud

 Demise of the Ice Man I

 Radioactive Isotopes

Andrews, Sarah (2004) Earth Colors  Case of the Sandy Body report due

 Carbon-14 Dating

 Calculating C-14 Ages 

 3/25  Demise of the Ice Man II

 Stable Isotopes

   Ice Man Ar-Ar Ages

 Geologic Map for Ice Man Case

 Ice Man Isotope Data

 4/1  Case of the Contaminated Wells I     Topographic Maps

 Rivers and Groundwater

 4/8  Case of the Contaminated Wells II    Data for Contaminated Wells

 Demise of the Ice Man report due

 4/15  Case of the Exploding Bungalow    Exploding Bungalow exercise

 Earth Colors report due

 4/29      Quiz II

 Case of the Contaminated Wells report due

 5/6  The Polarizing light microscope and forensic science    The Polarizing Light Microscope and Forensic Science

 Case of the Exploding Bungalow report due

 5/13  X-ray diffraction and forensic geology     X-ray Diffraction and Forensic Geology

 XRD Reference Spectra