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 Scientific Research, Consultancy and Investigations

              
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Forensic Investigations

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Services

  • Field surveys

  • Soil, sediment and water sampling (from natural environmental locations, clothing, vehicles, etc.)

  • Laboratory analysis of rocks, sediments, soils, particulates and waters

  • Materials testing and experimentation

  • Database development and information searches

  • Report preparation

  • Expert witness testimony


Example study involvement (click for a project summary)


Clients and Research Sponsors

Firms of solicitors
UK Police Forces
Forensic Science Service (FSS)
HM Revenue and Customs
European Commission
Forensic and fire investigation firms
Trading standards
Local Authority Environmental Health Departments

Private individuals


Publications and Reports

Pye, K. (2007). Geological and Soil Evidence: Forensic Applications. CRC Press, Boca Raton, 335 pp.

Pye, K. (2007) Sediment fingerprints: a forensic technique using quartz sand grains - a comment. Science and Justice 47, 34-36.

Pye, K., Blott, S.J., Croft, D.J. and Witton, S.J. (2007) Discrimination between sediment and soil samples for forensic purposes using elemental data: An investigation of particle size effects. Forensic Science International 167, 30-42.
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Pye, K. and Croft, D.J. (2007) Forensic analysis of soil and sediment traces by scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray analysis: An experimental investigation. Forensic Science International 165, 52-63.
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Pye, K., Blott, S.J., Croft, D.J. and Carter, J.F. (2006) Forensic comparison of soil samples: assessment of small-scale spatial variability in elemental composition, carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios, colour, and particle size distribution. Forensic Science International 163, 59-80.
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Pye, K., Blott, S.J. and Wray, D.S. (2006) Elemental analysis of soil samples for forensic purposes by Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometry – precision considerations. Forensic Science International 160, 178-192.
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Pye, K. and Jones, C. (2006) Particle atlas for forensic geoscience investigations. Labmate 31(1), viii-xi.

Pye, K. and Blott, S.J. (2004) Particle size analysis of sediments, soils and related particulate materials for forensic purposes using laser granulometry. Forensic Science International 144, 19-27.
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Pye, K. and Croft, D.J. (Eds.) (2004). Forensic Geoscience - Principles, Techniques and Applications. Geological Society Special Publication No. 232, Geological Society Publishing House, Bath, 318 pp.

Pye, K. and Croft, D.J. (2004) Forensic geoscience: introduction and overview. In: Pye, K. and Croft, D. (Eds.) Forensic Geoscience - Principles, Techniques and Applications. Geological Society Special Publication No. 232, Geological Society Publishing House, Bath, pp. 1-5.
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Croft, D.J. and Pye, K. (2004) Colour theory and the evaluation of an instrumental method of measurement using geological samples for forensic applications. In: Pye, K. and Croft, D. (Eds.) Forensic Geoscience - Principles, Techniques and Applications. Geological Society Special Publication No. 232, Geological Society Publishing House, Bath, pp. 49-62.
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Blott, S.J., Croft, D.J., Pye, K., Saye, S.E. and Wilson, H.E. (2004) Particle size analysis by laser diffraction. In: Pye, K. and Croft, D. (Eds.) Forensic Geoscience - Principles, Techniques and Applications. Geological Society Special Publication No. 232, Geological Society Publishing House, Bath, 63-73.
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Saye, S.E. and Pye, K. (2004) Development of a coastal dune sediment database for England and Wales: forensic applications. In: Pye, K. and Croft, D. (Eds.) Forensic Geoscience - Principles, Techniques and Applications. Geological Society Special Publication No. 232, Geological Society Publishing House, Bath, pp. 75-96.
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Pye, K. (2004) Forensic examination of rocks, sediments, soils and dusts using scanning electron microscopy and X-ray chemical microanalysis. In: Pye, K. and Croft, D. (Eds.) Forensic Geoscience - Principles, Techniques and Applications. Geological Society Special Publication No. 232, Geological Society Publishing House, Bath, pp. 103-121.
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Pye, K. and Blott, S.J. (2004) Comparison of soils and sediments using major and trace element data. In: Pye, K. and Croft, D. (Eds.) Forensic Geoscience - Principles, Techniques and Applications. Geological Society Special Publication No. 232, Geological Society Publishing House, Bath, pp. 183-196.
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Pye, K. (2004) Isotope and trace element analysis of human teeth and bones for forensic purposes. In: Pye, K. and Croft, D. (Eds.) Forensic Geoscience - Principles, Techniques and Applications. Geological Society Special Publication No. 232, Geological Society Publishing House, Bath, pp. 215-236.
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Croft, D.J. and Pye, K. (2004) Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope variations in soils: forensic applications. In: Pye, K. and Croft, D. (Eds.) Forensic Geoscience - Principles, Techniques and Applications. Geological Society Special Publication No. 232, Geological Society Publishing House, Bath, pp. 257-267.
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Pye, K. and Croft, D.J. (2004) Multi-technique comparison of source and primary transfer soil samples: an experimental investigation - a reply. Science and Justice 44, 176-178.
(click to view the introduction of this reply)

Croft, D.J. and Pye, K. (2004) Multi-technique comparison of source and primary transfer soil samples: an experimental investigation. Science and Justice 44, 21-28.
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Pye, K. (2004) Forensic Geology. In: Selley, R.C., Cocks, R.M. and Plimer, I.R. (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Geology. Volume 2. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp 261-273.

Croft, D.J. and Pye, K. (2003) The potential use of continuous-flow isotope-ratio mass spectrometry as a tool in forensic soil analysis: a preliminary report. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 17, 2581-2584.
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