Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Bergslien, E.T. (2022) X-ray diffraction (XRD) evaluation of questioned cremains, Forensic Science International, 332, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2022.111171.

J.K. Pringle, A.J. Jeffery, A. Ruffell, I.G. Stimpson, D. Pirrie, E. Bergslien, C. Madden, I. Oliver, K.D. Wisniewski, J.P. Cassella, N. Lamont, S. Gormley, J. Partridge,(2022) The use of portable XRF as a forensic geoscience non-destructive trace evidence tool for environmental and criminal investigations, Forensic Science International, 332, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2022.111171.

Bergslien, E.T. (2021) Portable X-ray fluorescence (PXRF) spectrometry of earth materials: considerations for forensic analysis: In Fitzpatrick, R.W. & Donnelly, L.J. (eds): Forensic Soil Science and Geology, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2017-346

Bergslien, E.T. (2013) X-Ray diffraction (XRD) and field portable x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis and screening of soils, project design: In Dawson, L. and Pirrie, D. (eds) SP384: Environmental and Criminal Geoforensics, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 384, pp 273. 

Engelbrecht, W., Bergslien, E.T., Miller, R. and Bush, P. (2009) A lead object from the Eaton Site, The Bulletin: Journal of the New York State Archaeological Association, 124, 69-77.

Bergslien, E.T., Bush M. A. and Bush, P.J. (2008) Identification of cremains using x-ray diffraction spectroscopy and a comparison to trace element analysis, Forensic Science International, 175(2), 218 – 226. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.07.004.

Bergslien, E.T. and J.C. Fountain (2008) Examining the utility of epoxy replicas of single, natural fractures in dolostone for visualization experiments, Hydrogeology Journal, 16(1), 43-53.

Bush, P., E.T. Bergslien and M. Bush (2007) Commentary on: Elemental Analysis of Human Cremains Using ICP-OES to Classify Legitimate and Contaminated Cremains. J Forensic Sci 2006;51(5):967-973. Journal of Forensic Science, 52(3), 742, doi:10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00447.

Bergslien, E.T. and J.C. Fountain (2006) The effect of changes in wettability on two-phase saturated flow in horizontal replicas of single natural fractures, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 88(3-4), 153-180.

Bergslien, E.T. (2006) Teaching to avoid the CSI effect: Keeping the science in forensic science, Journal of Chemical Education, 83(5), 690-691. 

Bergslien, E.T., Fountain, J.C. and Giese, Jr. R. (2004) Characterization of the surface properties of epoxy-type models used for multiphase flow studies in fractured media and creation of a new model, Water Resources Research. Vol. 40 (5), W05112.