TY - JOUR
T1 - Heavy metals in Holocene Peats from south west England
T2 - Detecting mining impacts and atmospheric pollution
AU - West, S.
AU - Charman, D. J.
AU - Grattan, J. P.
AU - Cherburkin, A. K.
PY - 1997/12
Y1 - 1997/12
N2 - The potential use of peatlands in south west England is evaluated as archives of both local and more regional mineral extraction and processing operations from the mid-Holocene period. Quantitative XRF analyses reconstructed the pollution histories for the two sites investigated by analysis of Cu, Zn, As and Pb. Results are presented both as element concentration profiles and as enrichment factors using ash content to normalize the data.
AB - The potential use of peatlands in south west England is evaluated as archives of both local and more regional mineral extraction and processing operations from the mid-Holocene period. Quantitative XRF analyses reconstructed the pollution histories for the two sites investigated by analysis of Cu, Zn, As and Pb. Results are presented both as element concentration profiles and as enrichment factors using ash content to normalize the data.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0031539280&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1023/A:1018393013619
DO - 10.1023/A:1018393013619
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0031539280
SN - 0049-6979
VL - 100
SP - 343
EP - 353
JO - Water, Air, and Soil Pollution
JF - Water, Air, and Soil Pollution
IS - 3-4
ER -