Geochemical and Mineralogical Record of Historical Mining, Hayle Estuary, Cornwall, UK

Gavyn K. Rollinson, D. Pirrie, M. R. Power, A. Cundy, G. S. Camm

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Abstract

The release of particulate waste as a result of major historical mining activity within the polymetallic Cornubian orefield, Cornwall UK, has locally caused significant contamination of estuarine sediments. In this study the impact of historical mining on the southwest Hayle Estuary, Cornwall, UK, was evaluated by examining the sediment geochemistry and mineralogy of nine shallow (

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGEOSCIENCE IN SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND
EditorsD Pirrie
PublisherUSSHER SOC
Pages326-335
Number of pages10
VolumeVOL 11, PT 4
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Event45th Annual Meeting of the Ussher-Society - Weymouth
Duration: 3 Jan 20076 Jan 2007

Publication series

NameProceedings of the USSHER Society
PublisherUSSHER SOC
Volume11
ISSN (Print)0566-3954

Conference

Conference45th Annual Meeting of the Ussher-Society
CityWeymouth
Period3/01/076/01/07

Keywords

  • ENVIRONMENTAL-IMPACT
  • SOUTHWESTERN SPAIN
  • SURFACE SEDIMENTS
  • FAL ESTUARY
  • ENGLAND
  • RIVER
  • CONTAMINATION
  • POLLUTION
  • SIGNATURE
  • COPPER

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