The Geochemical and Mineralogical Record of the Impact of Historical Mining within Estuarine Sediments from the Upper Reaches of the Fal Estuary, Cornwall, UK

Fluvial Sedimentology VI

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 161-168

  Hughes, S H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fal Estuary one of largest estuarine systems in southwest England; Historical mining impact records in estuarine sediments; Impact of historical mining within estuarine sediments from upper reaches of Fal Estuary, Cornwall, UK; Regional geological setting; Sediment geochemistry; Sediment mineralogy

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON ALLOYS; IRON OXIDES; KAOLIN; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; PYRITES; SEDIMENTS; SILICATE MINERALS; TITANIUM ALLOYS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES; ZINC SULFIDE; ZIRCON;

ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; ESTUARINE SYSTEMS; GEOLOGICAL SETTING; INTERTIDAL MUDFLATS; MINE WASTE CONTAMINATION; MINING ACTIVITIES; SEDIMENT GEOCHEMISTRIES; SEDIMENT SURFACE;

ESTUARIES;

EID: 84946706151     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444304213.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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