Discuss the importance of geoforensics. Explain how it aids in determining whether a suspect was at a crime scene or not.
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The study of soils is within the purview of forensic geology, "geoforensics." Soil consists of loose aggregates of accumulations of natural elements, such as rocks, bacteria, minerals, pollen, fungus, and plant material. Soil may also contain a variety of other things, including blood, chips from bricks, gasoline, fertilizers, pesticides, leaching from landfills or industrial sites, paint, and pieces of glass and metals. Because of its widespread occurrence and tendency to adhere to most materials, soil is commonly present on physical evidence. Examinations are performed to characterize, identify, and compare soil evidence, which may help to establish an association between individuals, objects, and/or locations.
Although long thought of as class characteristic evidence and compared based on color, composition, and texture, there is growing evidence that within soil there are microbial communities that essentially create their own distinctive DNA signatures. Soil seemingly is poised to make a transition to being individual characteristic evidence. Its analysis can help focus investigations and discredit alibis.
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