STUDY OF METHODS INVOLVING COMPARISON OF SOIL SPECIMEN SAMPLES

Abstract

Soil characterization methods including chemical analysis, mineralogy, spectroscopic and microscopic analysis are reviewed here. Soil differentiates in itself horizontally as well as vertically place to place by their different parent origin. These properties of soil are used for comparisons of specimens in forensic perspectives. Diverse characteristic of soil like colour, texture, granular size, density. crystalline structure etc. are supposed for analysis in these comparative study of soil specimens.