Science & Justice
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 62-72 , June 2009

Sourcing explosives: A multi-isotope approach

  • David Widory

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    • BRGM, 3 Avenue Claude Guillemin, BP 6009, 45060 Orléans Cedex 2, France
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  • Jean-Jacques Minet

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    • LCPP, 39bis rue de Dantzig, 75015 Paris, France
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  • Martine Barbe-Leborgne

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    • LCPP, 39bis rue de Dantzig, 75015 Paris, France

Received 5 May 2008 ,Revised 5 November 2008 ,Accepted 6 November 2008.

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PII: S1355-0306(08)00123-8

doi: 10.1016/j.scijus.2008.11.001

Science & Justice
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