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What happened during the 1944 Balloons of War? - Answers In the
Fall of 1944, reports of enemy unmanned balloons carrying fire bombs
began to come in from the west coast, which later ended up being
deciphered that they were being sent by Japan.



1994 Balloons of War: How was forensic geology used? - Answers
The bags of sand (used for ballast) were recovered and examined,
concluded that it was beach sand from Japan

No coral in the sand, meaning the location of beach had to be in the
northern 2/3 of Japan

Lack of granite ruled out much of northern Japan

The volcanic minerology and microfossils = two possible beaches



Sherlock Holmes - Answers The world's first forensic geologist



Hans Gross - Answers The founder of scientific criminal
investigation; he wrote the hand book for examining magistrates



Georg Popp - Answers Credited with being the first forensic scientist
to use geologic evidence (soil) to solve a crime (Eva Disch case)

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Dr. Edmund Locard - Answers The individual who was responsible
for the establishment of the exchange principle



Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Answers The author of crime novels who
actually became involved in the solution of three crimes utilizing soil
evidence.



How did the X-Ray Diffractometer help forensic geologists with mineral
identification? - Answers It used x-rays to determine the structural
"fingerprint" of minerals, soils, and other synthetic crystalline material. It
allowed better, more precise analysis.



What is palynology? - Answers the study of pollen and spores



What can forensic palynology determine? - Answers It can indicate:

origin and travel history of a sample

the geologic age of a sample and thus its location

a specific plant from a specific location

a specific assemblage of plants such as a specific garden



What is glass? - Answers "An inorganic product of fusion which has
cooled to a rigid condition without crystallizing"

Uniform amorphous solid

Softens over a temperature

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