Urban geology of Swansea: Neath : Port Talbot

Waters, C.N.; Price, S.J.; Davies, J.; Tye, A.M.; Brown, S.E.; Schofield, D.I.. 2005 Urban geology of Swansea: Neath : Port Talbot. In: Bassett, Michael G.; Deisler, Valerie K.; Nicol, Douglas, (eds.) Urban geology in Wales : 2. Cardiff, UK, National Museum of Wales, 7-22.

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Abstract/Summary

The conurbation of Swansea–Neath–Port Talbot is one of the main centres of industrial development in South Wales. A long history of mineral extraction and processing, which stoked the initial growth of the towns, declined during the 20th Century. Many of these former industries have left a legacy of groundwater, watercourse and land contamination. A project funded by the Environment & Hazards Directorate (British Geological Survey) between 2000-2005 used available geological data to determine potential areas of contaminated land and understand the influence of the geology to pollutant pathways (Waters et al., In press a). The study covered 100 km2 of the Swansea- Neath-Port Talbot area (Fig. 2.1) and was aimed at providing data relevant to contaminated land issues, to augment the study by Arup (1997) on earth science information relevant to planning and development for the Swansea-Llanelli district, and look at new methodologies of presenting the data.

Item Type:	Publication - Book Section
Programmes:	BGS Programmes > Geology and Landscape Northern
Date made live:	11 Feb 2014 11:40 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504837

Item Type:

Publication - Book Section

Programmes:

BGS Programmes > Geology and Landscape Northern

Date made live:

11 Feb 2014 11:40 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504837