Forensic Geology
(tutor - Mike Horne FGS, Hull University)
index page -
Links to course notes -
Students on the course may print out a copy of these pages. Some of the pages have been written for different courses or are research in progress - so use the back button on you browser rather than the “back” hyperlinks on the pages if you don’t want to get lost!
There are basic lecture notes here an additional information to support the course. Details of the case studies are not published - you will have to make your own notes from the lectures! There will be examination questions on this course.
Introduction to course
Forensic Geology Techniques
some basics -
Minerals and rocks in hand specimen (notes from petrology course) -
Properties of minerals in hand specimen
Pictures of some "Hard Rocks"
Igneous rock classification
Minerals in thin section (notes from microscopy course) -
Describing minerals in thin section.
Properties of some rock forming minerals in thin section
more properties of minerals in thin section
Sediments and microfossils
Method for processing sediment samples
Risk Assessment for Laboratory work.
Results of Red Clay Project - published in Humberside Geologist
Samples for Brown Clay Project.
New Samples for Brown Clay Project.
Summary of the results from the Clay Projects
Samples of sand for practical work
local geology
Rocks and fossils on the Holderness coast
Introduction to the rock types that we might find around Hull.
Stratigraphy of the Hull area
Forensic Science lecture notes (NEW)
External Links -
The copyright belongs to other authors - you do not have permission to copy or print these pages unless it is given by the individual authors or web-site managers!
Rocks - USGS National Parks Service
Sedimentary Rocks -The Columbia Encyclopedia
Sedimentary Rocks - A Primer -New York State Museum
Sedimentation and Sedimentary Rocks - University of Colorado
