Zinc : the invisible threat
Palumbo-Roe, Barbara. 2010 Zinc : the invisible threat. Earthwise, 26. 72-73.
Before downloading, please read NORA policies.Preview |
Text
73-74[1].pdf Download (442kB) | Preview |
Abstract/Summary
Between 2007 and 2009 a BGS team undertook a comprehensive monitoring programme — using flow measurements, synoptic sampling, and zinc isotopes — of the Rookhope Burn catchment in the Weardale valley, North Pennines. This area has been subject to historical mining of lead and zinc for over two centuries. Zinc is the major contaminant; exceeding the environmental quality standards (EQS) value for salmonid fish where three adits discharge significant quantities of mine water with a Ca-HCO3-SO4 composition enriched with calcium sulphate and bicarbonate to the Rookhope Burn. Areas of contaminated land, spoil heaps, tailings dams and stream sediments also act as potential sources of contamination. Distinctive increases in zinc load in the Rookhope Burn occur as a result of major visible point sources of mining-related contamination (mine adits) and subsurface diffuse contributions of mine water through the river bed.
Item Type: | Publication - Article |
---|---|
Programmes: | BGS Programmes 2010 > Land Use, Planning and Development |
ISSN: | X780667289 |
Date made live: | 21 Mar 2012 15:20 +0 (UTC) |
URI: | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/17407 |
Actions (login required)
View Item |
Document Downloads
Downloads for past 30 days
Downloads per month over past year