Impact of mining on the sediment geochemistry and mineralogy of the Helford River, Cornwall

Geoscience in South-West England

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 323-328

  Pirrie, D ^a   Power, M R ^a   Rollinson, G ^a,c   Cundy, A B ^b   Watkins, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

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