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Soil

sediments or other unconsolidated accumulations of solid particles (for example, minerals and organic matter) that are produced by the physical, chemical, and biological disintegration of parent material, or which has the ability to support rooted plants in a natural environment, or both; and which can include manufactured materials. 

Adapted from Ref (1) 3.1.6.1 

Discussion—Within this document, “soil” includes native soil, as well as unconsolidated material emplaced by human activities.

Committee
Trace Materials
Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ANSI/ASTM E3272-23 Standard Guide for Collection of Soils and Other Geological Evidence for Criminal Forensic Applications. ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428, 2023. Source link
Reprinted, with permission, from ASTM, copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428. A copy of the complete standard may be purchased from ASTM International, https://www.astm.org