The significance of pollution from historic metal mining in the Pennine orefields on river sediment contaminant fluxes to the North Sea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 194-195, Issue , 1997, Pages 391-397

  Macklin, M G ^a   Hudson Edwards, K A ^b   Dawson, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

flood plain; historic mining; Humber; lead; LOIS; metal fluxes; metals; Pennine orefields; sediment fluxes; zinc

Indexed keywords

LEAD; METAL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CONTAMINATION; LEAD; MINING; RIVER SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT FLUX; SEDIMENT QUALITY; ZINC;

NORTH SEA; UK, ENGLAND, PENNINES;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 0030620459     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(96)05378-8     Document Type: Article

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