Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary (M)
Session Sub-category General Geosciences, Information Geosciences & Simulations(GI)
Session ID M-GI33
Title Forensic Geology
Short Title Forensic Geology
Main Convener Name Ritsuko Sugita
Affiliation National Research Institute of Police Science
Co-Convener 1 Name Noriko Kawamura
Affiliation Japan Coast Guard Academy
Co-Convener 2 Name Libby A Stern
Affiliation FBI Laboratory
Session Language 
E
Scope 
Forensic geology is a field of forensic science to support solving crimes and consisting of three main areas: (1) Geophysical surveys (ground-penetrating radar, echo sounding, sonic surveys, and magnetic surveys).
(2) Assessment based on research papers, topographical maps, geological maps, soil maps, geochemical maps, and geographic information systems.
(3) Inorganic and organic analyses of rocks, soils or sediments typically including characterization of minerals, grain size, color, and shape.
Forensic geology can help in investigation of a wide range of criminal issues including violent crimes, counterterrorism, searches for missing persons, environmental crimes, fraudulent, illegal mining, geotechnical engineering, engineering geology and geohazards.
This session invites submissions of forensic geology case reports on both criminal and civil cases. We also welcome submissions of geoscience technologies and analytical methods for solving criminal matters.
Presentation Format Oral and Poster presentation
Time Presentation No Title Presenter
Oral Presentation May 24 AM1
9:00 - 9:15 MGI33-01 The IUGS-IFG Special Project: Illegal Mining and the Illict Trading of Minerals and Geological Materials Laurance John Donnelly
9:15 - 9:30 MGI33-02 Mineralogical characterisation as a tool in the investigation of illegal sand mining Duncan Pirrie
9:30 - 9:45 MGI33-03 Forensic discrimination of heavy minerals by SEM-EDX combining particle and elemental analyses Ritsuko Sugita
9:45 - 10:00 MGI33-04 Preliminary study of surface microtextures of heavy mineral grains for forensic geology Kento Kumisaka
10:00 - 10:15 MGI33-05 Forensic-geology-based magnetic and elemental analysis of soil from the Nirasaki area in Japan Noriko Kawamura
Presentation No Title Presenter
Poster Presentation May 24 PM3
MGI33-P01 Identification of Coastal Sand Sampling Sites Using Deep Learning MATSUDA SHOTA
MGI33-P02 Application of elemental analysis of weathered biotite derived from granitic rocks by EPMA for forensic geological examination Ritsuko Sugita
MGI33-P03 Trace elemental analysis of heavy minerals using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for forensic geology Kento Kumisaka
MGI33-P04 The Significance of Scientific Investigations into Elucidating the Geo-pollution Mechanisms in Forensic Geology Hiroshi Takashima
MGI33-P05 A study of the Influence of hinterland geology on the composition of fine sediments from the forensic geological point of view
-Using a hyperspectral camera for objectivity and quantification- 		Shinji Takeuchi