SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
ABSTRACTS
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ORAL PRESENTATIONS
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TOPICS AND SUBTOPICS
SEARCH OPERATIONS
SUBTOPICS: FORENSIC GEOLOGY AT CRIME SCENES; GROUND SEARCH FOR BURIALS; FORENSIC GEOLOGICAL COLLABORATIONS WITH OTHER FIELDS; FORENSIC GEOPHYSICS; SEARCH RELATED TO WAR REMNANTS AND PAST CONFLICTS; SEARCH FOR HOMICIDE VICTIMS RELATED TO PAST POLITICAL REGIMES AND CARTELS; FUTURE PERSPECTIVES AND INNOVATION; CASE STUDIES.
HISTORY OF FORENSIC GEOLOGY – IN MEMORY OF RAYMOND MURRAY
SUBTOPICS: HISTORY OF FORENSIC GEOLOGY; MODERN FORENSIC GEOLOGY; FORENSIC GEOLOGY AND HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS; NATIONAL HISTORY OF FORENSIC GEOLOGY WITH CASE HISTORIES; FORENSIC GEOLOGY AS A TOOL FOR HISTORIANS; GEOLOGICAL FAKES AND FRAUDS; COMPARATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES IN FORENSIC GEOLOGY AND THE HISTORY OF GEOLOGY.
SOIL ANALYSIS AND SOIL DNA – IN MEMORY OF NICOLA BENNETT
SUBTOPICS: SOIL AND GEOLOGICAL MATERIAL FORENSIC ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROBIOME; GATHERING AND PRESERVATION OF SOIL AND GEOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FORENSIC GEO-PROFILING; CASE STUDIES; ISSUES, LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE CHALLENGES OF FORENSIC SOIL ANALYSIS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION.
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES
SUBTOPICS: ILLEGAL LANDFILL; POLLUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MATRICES; MAN-INDUCED HYDROGEOLOGICAL RISKS AND DISASTERS; INVESTIGATION, MONITORING AND PREVENTION TECHNIQUES; FUTURE PERSPECTIVES AND INNOVATION; CASE STUDIES.
ILLEGAL MINING, FOSSILS, MINERALS, AND METALS CRIMES
SUBTOPICS: ILLEGAL MINING AND ITS IMPACT ON GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS; ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING OF MINERAL AND METAL COMMODITIES; FALSIFICATION OF GEOLOGICAL MATERIALS (FRAUD); ILLEGAL QUARRIES; FUTURE PERSPECTIVES AND INNOVATION; CASE STUDIES.
